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Quotes by Leader
"If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim."
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"People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians?"
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"I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men."
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"There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source."
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"I am dying from the treatment of too many physicians."
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"We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment."
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"South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts."
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"It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour his religion his soul and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration."
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"A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery."
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"Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared by this law."
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"To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face."
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"You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest."
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"The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my stay."
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"If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone: Died of a Theory."
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"I cannot choose but adhere to the word of God, which has possession of my conscience; nor can I possibly, nor will I even make any recantation, since it is neither safe nor honest to act contrary to conscience! Here I stand; I cannot do otherwise, so help me God! Amen."
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"I have always believed in dialogue and in nonviolence, and if you look at my background you will see that it has always been my policy to talk to everyone."
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"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans."
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"The real breeders of discontent and alien doctrines of government and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who take the law into their own hands."
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"Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history."
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"We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end."
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"Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport."
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"You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up."
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"I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness."
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