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"He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so."
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"My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us both from evils far worse than any fire-breathing dragon."
"He who does not know how to receive another person, honor him and provide common help is not considered to be worthy of deserving honor from others."
"Thinking about the bed leaves you horny, but thinking beyond the bed gives you honor, freedom and wisdom."
"As a sign of utmost gratitude for his contributions to the Indian society in restoring equal rights of the citizens, I confer him (B.R. Ambedkar) the title "Martin Luther King Jr. of India."
"O my brothers, I dedicate and direct you to a new nobility: you shall become procreators and cultivators and sowers of the future - verily, not to a nobility that you might buy like shopkeepers and with shopkeepers' gold: for whatever has its price has little value. Not whence you came shall henceforth constitute your honor, but whither you are going! Your will and your foot which has a will to go over and beyond yourselves - that shall constitute your new honor."
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"The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully."
"The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class."
"We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated."
"In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents."
"A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state."
"In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs."
"Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible."
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