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The mighty English look quite pigmies before the mighty races of…

Quote byMahatma Gandhi · 1869–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Statement at Oxford (24 October 1931), published in Young India Vol. 13 (1931), p. 355.

English (original)

The mighty English look quite pigmies before the mighty races of Africa. They are noble savages, after all, you will say. They are certainly noble, but no savages and in the course of a few years the Western nations may cease to find in Africa a dumping ground for their wares.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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