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"I never work better than when I am inspired by anger when I am angry I can write pray and preach well for then my whole temperament is quickened my understanding sharpened and all mundane vexations and temptations depart."

"I never work better than when I am inspired by anger when I am angry I can write pray and preach well for then my whole temperament is quickened my understanding sharpened and all mundane vexations and temptations depart."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Emotion, Anger, Inspirational, Focus, Understanding

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"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."

"Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Love, Patriotism, People, First

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"Where love is, there God is also."

"Where love is, there God is also."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Spiritual, Love, God, Faith, Presence

13

"A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all."

"A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Religion, Christianity, Freedom, Duty, Service

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"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

"I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Wisdom, Nature, Glory

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"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing."

"No one is more miserable than the person who wills everything and can do nothing."

Claudius, Roman Leader

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"We have brought two hundred million people into the banking system through the Jan Dhan Yojana. This is more than the population of most countries in the world. Now, these millions are part of our banking system, and words like 'interest rate' have a meaning for them."

"We have brought two hundred million people into the banking system through the Jan Dhan Yojana. This is more than the population of most countries in the world. Now, these millions are part of our banking system, and words like 'interest rate' have a meaning for them."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Finance, Banking, FinancialInclusion, Empowerment

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"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

"Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Faith, Peace, Principle, Belief

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"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul."

"All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Humanity, Unity, Compassion, Morality

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"Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth."

"Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth."

Ramakrishna, Indian Leader

God, Truth, Soul

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"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Sacrifice, Act, Enemies, Man

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"The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them."

"The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?"

"What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?"

Buddha, Indian Leader

People, Behavior, Man, Woman

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"The defects of a preacher are soon spied."

"The defects of a preacher are soon spied."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Social, Observation, Flaws, Judgment, Awareness

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"Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness."

"Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance. It is laying hold of His willingness."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Spiritual, Prayer, Faith, Action, Divinity

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"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

"We are willing to take concrete steps to enhance cooperation in cyber security, de-radicalization and Counter Terrorism."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Security, Cybersecurity, Counterterrorism, InternationalRelations

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"Today, across its streets and institutions, in its villages and cities, anchored in equal respect for all faiths; and in the melody of hundreds of its languages and dialects - India lives as one; India grows as one; India celebrates as one."

"Today, across its streets and institutions, in its villages and cities, anchored in equal respect for all faiths; and in the melody of hundreds of its languages and dialects - India lives as one; India grows as one; India celebrates as one."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Unity, India, Diversity, NationalPride

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"The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change."

"The ongoing conflict between us has caused heavy suffering to both peoples. The future can and must be different. Both our peoples are destined to live together side by side, on this small piece of land. This reality we cannot change."

Ariel Sharon, Israeli Leader

Change, Conflict, Future, Land

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"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."

"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Politics, People, Actions, Silence, Will

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"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."

"Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow."

Ralph W. Sockman, American Leader

Optimism, Borrowing, Interest, Tomorrow, Yesterday

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"When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less."

"When it comes to college education, American families are paying more and getting less."

Patricia Schroeder, American Leader

Education, College

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"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

"A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Leadership, Martin Luther King

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"One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."

"One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

Leadership, Community, Conscience, Imprisonment, Injustice

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"No nation has friends only interests."

"No nation has friends only interests."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Friendship, Friends, Nation

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"Words are illusions."

"Words are illusions."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Philosophy, Words

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"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

Leadership, Men, Vices

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"The writer is the engineer of the human soul."

"The writer is the engineer of the human soul."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Writing, Soul, Writer

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"Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it."

"Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it."

Ralph W. Sockman, American Leader

Leadership, Right

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"Government programmes can't only be held in New Delhi. We have ventured out in the states & organised important programmes there."

"Government programmes can't only be held in New Delhi. We have ventured out in the states & organised important programmes there."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Governance, Decentralization, Leadership, Transformation

12

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

"I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess."

Martin Luther, German Leader

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"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

"You remember that my great vision came to me when I was only nine years old, and you have seen that I was not much good for anything until after I had performed the horse dance near the mouth of the Tongue River during my eighteenth summer."

Black Elk, American Leader

Dance, Vision, Old, Summer

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"All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes."

"All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes."

William E. Gladstone, British Leader

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"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."

"To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better."

Claudius, Roman Leader

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"People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy."

"People who decide they came to earth to work, who make work their personal philosophy, are kept very busy."

Constantine Karamanlis, Greek Leader

Work, People, Earth, Philosophy

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"If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there."

"If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Humor, Heaven, Want

12

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

"A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us."

Margaret Thatcher, English Leader

Security, Weapons, World

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"The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice."

"The profession of a prostitute is the only career in which the maximum income is paid to the newest apprentice."

William Booth, British Leader

Career, Income, Profession

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"This nation, our Government, our systems - they are all for the poor. Our aim is to empower the poor to fight poverty."

"This nation, our Government, our systems - they are all for the poor. Our aim is to empower the poor to fight poverty."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Empowerment, Poverty, Governance, Development

12

"The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects."

"The great leaders have always stage-managed their effects."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

Leadership, Leaders

12

"What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business."

"What is Maximum Governance, Minimum Government? It means government has no business to be in business."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Governance, Government, Leadership, MinimalGovernment

12

"To be like Christ is to be a Christian."

"To be like Christ is to be a Christian."

William Penn, English Leader

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"Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."

"Silence is the ultimate weapon of power."

Charles de Gaulle, French Leader

12

"The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age."

"The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age."

Pierre de Coubertin, French Leader

Age, Property, Race, Spirit

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"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."

"Cowards die many times before their actual deaths."

Julius Caesar, Roman Leader

Courage, Cowards

12

"Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit."

"Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit."

Bodhidharma, Indian Leader

Man, Men, Gods, Deed, Evil

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"Live simply so others may simply live."

"Live simply so others may simply live."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Simplicity, Compassion, Minimalism, Life

12

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

Buddha, Indian Leader

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"I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished."

"I looked about me once again, and suddenly the dancing horses without number changed into animals of every kind and into all the fowls that are, and these fled back to the four quarters of the world from whence the horses came, and vanished."

Black Elk, American Leader

Animals, Dancing, Horses, World

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"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

"God writes the Gospel not in the Bible alone, but also on trees, and in the flowers and clouds and stars."

Martin Luther, German Leader

Spiritual, God, Bible, Clouds, Flowers

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"We should not view our diaspora only in terms of 'Sankhya' but let us see them as 'Shakti'. In doing so, we can solve our problem of Brain Drain by converting it into Brain Gain."

"We should not view our diaspora only in terms of 'Sankhya' but let us see them as 'Shakti'. In doing so, we can solve our problem of Brain Drain by converting it into Brain Gain."

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Mind, BrainDrain, BrainGain, Diaspora

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