Gandhi Untouchables Quotes & Sayings

Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables. — Mahatma Gandhi

A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable. — Mahatma Gandhi

God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables. — Mahatma Gandhi

I would not sell the vital interests of the untouchables for the sake of winning the freedom of India. — Mahatma Gandhi

There is a scene in Richard Attenborough's biopic where Gandhi argues with his wife because she refuses to clean their latrine. She says it is the work of untouchables; he tells her there is no such thing. Gandhi's tactics of encouraging brotherly love across caste boundaries and urging Indians to clean their own latrines had failed miserably. — Rose George

The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes. — Mahatma Gandhi