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Mahatma Gandhi – His Life & Timeslawyer. Only a maniac resorts to such charges ... I believe that the MoslemLeague will go into the Assembly. But the Sikhs have refused. They are stiffneckedlike the Jews.'L. F.: "You are stiff-necked too.'Gandhi: 'I?'L. F.: "You are a stiff-necked man. You are stubborn. You like everything yourway. You are a sweet-tempered dictator.' This aroused general laughter amongthe secretaries and disciples in which Gandhi heartily joined.Gandhi: 'Dictator? I have no power. I have not changed Congress. I have acatalogue of grievances against it.'L. F.: "What did you learn from your eighteen days with Jinnah?'Gandhi: 'I learned that he was a maniac. A maniac leaves off his mania andbecomes reasonable at times. I have never regretted my talks with him. I havenever been too stubborn to learn. Every one of my failures has been a steppingstone. I could not make any headway with Jinnah because he is a maniac, butmany Moslems were disgusted with Jinnah for his behaviour during the talks.'L. F.: 'What is the solution?'Gandhi: 'Jinnah has twenty-five years more to work.'L. F.: 'He wants to live as long as you do.'Gandhi: 'Then he must live till am 125.'L. F.: *You had better not die, it would kill him and then you would be amurderer.' (Laughter) 'He will die the day after you.'Gandhi : 'Jinnah is incorruptible and brave... If Jinnah stays out of theConstituent Assembly the British should be firm and let us work the plan alone.The British must not yield to Jinnah's force. Churchill did not yield to Hitler.'L. F.: 'The British do not yield to force but they yield to the force ofcircumstances...'www.mkgandhi.org Page 496