“If you don't ask, you don't get.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Widespread late 20th century aphorism that appears to have been first attributed to Gandhi in various self-help books of the early 2000s. Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/books?lr=&as_brr=0&q=%22If+you+don%27t+ask%2C+you+don%27t+get%22+Gandhi&btnG=Search+Books
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pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-rul… 1869–1948

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