Who wrote, "I cannot possibly bear the idea that a man who has got wealth should have the vote, but no wealth or literacy should have no vote"?

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Mahatma Gandhi said, "I cannot possibly bear the idea that a man who has got wealth should have the vote, but no wealth or literacy should have no vote". In India, before Independence, there was a time when governments allowed only men who owned property and were educated to vote. This meant that women, the poor, the landless, and the uneducated were not allowed to vote. Many leaders, including Gandhiji, were dismayed by this unfair practice and demanded the rights of all adult citizens to vote, or the Universal Adult Franchise. Relating to this, Gandhiji wrote In one of Young India's 1931 editions: "I cannot possibly bear the idea that a man who has got wealth should have the vote, but that a man who has no wealth or literacy should have no vote.

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