Mahatma Gandhi: Quit India Speech

( 1942 ) Commentary by Sadan Jha, Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India

“I, therefore, want freedom immediately, this very night, before dawn, if it can be had. Freedom cannot now wait for the realization of communal unity.” - Paragraph 16
“India is without doubt the homeland of all the Mussalmans [Muslims] inhabiting this country. Every Mussalman should therefore cooperate in the fight for India’s freedom. The Congress does not belong to any one class or community; it belongs to the whole nation.” - Paragraph 19
“Here is a mantra.… You may imprint it on your hearts and let every breath of yours give expression to it. The mantra is: ‘Do or Die.’ We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery.” - Paragraph 25
“Let every man and woman live every moment of his or her life hereafter in the consciousness that he or she eats or lives for achieving freedom and will die, if need be, to attain that goal.” - Paragraph 25

Mahatma Gandhi (New York Public Library)

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