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"The administration of a country, more than any other human activity, is carried on in the atmosphere of moral compromise."
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"Development has to be achieved collectively and it has to be quick paced and inclusive."
"Politics devoid of ethics does not further human welfare, and life without morality reduces humans to the level of beasts."
"The hatred the 'Christian' right wing harbors for the SA Constitution is not htere because of an absence of 'God' in state machinery and the excised phrase 'in humble submission to almighty God' - but because it no longer places THEM in a position to claim that THEY represent the will of that 'God' and to act as though it were true."
"An assembly is extra slow in taking actions."
"Every word of etatistic thought is contradicted by the doctrines of sociology and economics; this is why etatists endeavour to prove that these sciences do not exist. In their opinion, social affairs are shaped by the State. To the law, all things are possible; and there is no sphere in which State intervention is not omnipotent."
"Truth is commodity in political consumption."
"Indeed, it is a sign of marked political weakness in anycommonwealth if the people tend to be carried away by mere oratory, if theytend to value words in and for themselves, as divorced from the deeds for whichthey are supposed to stand. The phrase-maker, the phrase-monger, the readytalker, however great his power, whose speech does not make for courage,sobriety, and right understanding, is simply a noxious element in the bodypolitic, and it speaks ill for the public if he has influence over them. To admirethe gift of oratory without regard to the moral quality behind the gift is to dowrong to the republic."
"We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we have the wisdom, the strength, and the courage and the virtue to do them. But we must face facts as they are. We must neither surrender ourselves to a foolish optimism, nor succumb to a timid and ignoble pessimism."
"Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich."
"In reality, commissions rarely solve complicated problems. Therefore, the following question arises: what is worse " to establish a commission knowing it cannot solve a complicated problem, or to believe that the commission will truly solve such a problem?"
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"Greatness is achieved not by the absence of difficulties but by the courage to conquer them."
"The true measure of a nation's freedom is its ability to protect the liberties of its citizens."
"Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh, or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country, but with certain duties."
"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishments; let unity be the foundation for our collective success."
"Our strength lies not just in numbers but in the unity of purpose, fueled by the discipline to strive for a better tomorrow."
"A war based on Satyagraha is always of two kinds. One is the war we wage against injustice and the other we fight against our own weaknesses."
"The negligence of a few could easily send a ship to the bottom, but if it is properly manned and every man does his duty, the ship can be safely brought to port."
"In the journey of nation-building, integrity and selfless service pave the path to enduring success."
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