“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”
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Quote Investigator traces the earliest instance to a 1967 documentary's narration, not Gandhi's own words; Gizmodo lists it among fake Gandhi quotes. Widely credited but unsupported.
Likely origin: Apocryphal: earliest known appearance is a 1967 CBS documentary narrator (per Quote Investigator), ~19 years after Gandhi's death; no primary source. Listed among fake Gandhi quotes.
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This is not from Gandhi's own writings; its earliest known appearance is a narrator's line in a 1967 CBS documentary, nearly two decades after his death, and it is widely listed among fake Gandhi quotes. As a joke it still catches how relentless press attention wears on anyone whose life turns public.
When to use it
- A mayor jokes she loves her whole town, then mutters an exception for the tabloid crowd camped on her lawn.
- An athlete asks for a little privacy at his kid's birthday while camera crews wait at the curb outside.
- A witness to a scandal grows weary as reporters ring her doorbell for the third straight morning.