“Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Basic Education (1951) p. 89
Posthumous publications (1950s and later)
Context: Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

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pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-rul… 1869–1948

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