"Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.“


-Mahatma Gandhi

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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

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