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"A man 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."
"Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men."
"Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak."
"No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people."
"People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives."
"It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most."
"The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on."
"The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract."
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