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A smattering of English is worse than useless it is an unnecessary tax on our women.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
Autobiographer
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Civil Rights Advocate
Civil Rights Leader
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Humanitarian
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
M. K. Gandhi
Mohandas K Gandhi
M K Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi
Bapu
Gandhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
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Father of the Nation
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In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.
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Under my plan, the state will be there to carry out the will of the people, not to dictate to them or to force them to do its will.
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