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Quotes by Leader

"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."

"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."

"Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort."

"I have heard your views. They do not harmonize with mine. The decision is taken unanimously."

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."

"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

"A year ago, a nation of 1.25 billion people voted for change and progress in the largest democratic election in human history. We are conscious that our challenges are vast across India's immense social and economic diversity but we draw confidence from the unity of our nation. Even more, we get our energy from the aspirations of a young India, with 800 million youth under the age of 35 years."

"Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life. Too many of us divide and dissipate our energies in debating actions which should be taken for granted."

"It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs."

"What we really are matters more than what other people think of us."

"Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life."

"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."

"You must show the world that you abhor fighting."

"I've never been one to say that Britain was joining a happy band of brothers."

"I only ask of the government to be treated as all other men are treated."

"Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are."

"What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams."

"In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake."

"A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne."
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"Schemes must be made for the welfare of the poor, not keeping in mind considerations of the ballot box."

"We do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel."

"I might have had trouble saving France in 1946 - I didn't have television then."

"The human race is governed by its imagination."

"Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed."

"In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form."

"There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price."

"We, the present generation, have the responsibility to act as a trustee of the rich natural wealth for the future generations. The issue is not merely about climate change; it is about climate justice."

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

"Yoga is a vision for a harmonious future for humanity. It is an "??????" i.e. a state of mind not "????????"."

"I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum."

"We want the entire world to prosper, we believe in Vishwa Kalyan."
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