<div>Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump today posted a quote on Instagram attributing it to Mahatma Gandhi, but the American media said there is no evidence that the Indian leader had ever used these words.<br /><br />"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win – Mahatma Gandhi," Trump wrote on social networking site Instagram as part of his effort to rally supporters. The Instagram post included a picture of hordes of supporters rallying at a Trump campaign stop in Alabama.<br /><br />Soon, the anti-Trump lobby was up in flames on the social media. The Hill, a top US political website, said, "There's no record that Gandhi ever used the phrase, which has been widely attributed to him."<br /><br />The quotation appears to be similar to words used in a 1918 trade union address by socialist leader Nicholas Klein, it said.<br /><br />Christian Science Monitor has put this among the top 10 political misquotes. There was no immediate response from the Trump's campaign on the issue.<br /><br />"Gandhi did not say this," one Scott T Smith wrote on twitter. Trump sought to quote Gandhi a day after he was criticised for re-tweeting Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini early Sunday morning.<br /><br />"He got tired of quoting Mussolini and he's saving the Hitler quotes until he's really desperate," tweeted Brad Fraser.<br /><br />Several popular websites have attributed this quote -- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win – to Mahatma Gandhi. According to Wikiquotes, this is the quote which is often misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi.</div>
<div>Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump today posted a quote on Instagram attributing it to Mahatma Gandhi, but the American media said there is no evidence that the Indian leader had ever used these words.<br /><br />"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win – Mahatma Gandhi," Trump wrote on social networking site Instagram as part of his effort to rally supporters. The Instagram post included a picture of hordes of supporters rallying at a Trump campaign stop in Alabama.<br /><br />Soon, the anti-Trump lobby was up in flames on the social media. The Hill, a top US political website, said, "There's no record that Gandhi ever used the phrase, which has been widely attributed to him."<br /><br />The quotation appears to be similar to words used in a 1918 trade union address by socialist leader Nicholas Klein, it said.<br /><br />Christian Science Monitor has put this among the top 10 political misquotes. There was no immediate response from the Trump's campaign on the issue.<br /><br />"Gandhi did not say this," one Scott T Smith wrote on twitter. Trump sought to quote Gandhi a day after he was criticised for re-tweeting Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini early Sunday morning.<br /><br />"He got tired of quoting Mussolini and he's saving the Hitler quotes until he's really desperate," tweeted Brad Fraser.<br /><br />Several popular websites have attributed this quote -- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win – to Mahatma Gandhi. According to Wikiquotes, this is the quote which is often misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi.</div>