Quote#Politics & Power
The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim…
Quote byLala Lajpat Rai · 1865–1928
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: As quoted in Said by Lala Lajpat Rai at a public meeting in Lahore on the evening of 20 October, 1928 after protesters (including Lala Lajpat Rai) heading towards the Lahore railway station to greet the Simon Commission with protests were lathi-charged earlier on the same day..
English (original)
The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a government does not survive long. I declare that the blows struck at me will be the last nails in the coffin of the British rule in India.
— Lala Lajpat Rai
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