A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

So long as untouchability disfigures Hinduism, so long do I hold the attainment of Swaraj to be an utter impossibility.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian - Leader
October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948

Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.

Mahatma Gandhi

If untouchability lives, Hinduism perishes and even India perishes, but if untouchability is eradicated from the Hindu heart, root and branch, then Hinduism has a definite message for the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

Mahatma Gandhi

The removal of untouchability is a question of the purification of Hinduism.

Mahatma Gandhi

Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.

Mahatma Gandhi

Untouchability is a blot on Hinduism. It is a canker eating into its vitals.

Mahatma Gandhi

The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.

Mahatma Gandhi

There can be no peace among men and nations, so long as the strong continues to oppress the weak, so long as injustice is done to other peoples, just so long we will have cause for war, and make a lasting peace an impossibility.