This quote should be thrown out. It is sentimental. It is cliché. It is derivative. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who arguably did more to subvert the cause of freedom than any writer before or after, said the same thing, in 1762. It is confused. There is a thing called sense of honour; there is also a thing called infantile delusion of grandeur. Even supposing that Gandhi knew the difference, which I doubt very much, just what are we to learn from either of these? Why should we not, instead, help children to be more "humble", or at least modest and realistic about themselves and to discover how much they still have to learn? Lastly, and most importantly: this aphorism has nothing whatever to do with liberty.