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Quotes by Leader

"Faith is a living, daring confidence in God's grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times."

"If then, Moses so distinctly announces that there is in us not only a faculty, but also a facility for keeping all commandments, why are we sweating so much? ... What need is there now of Christ or of Spirit? We have found a passage that asserts freedom of choice, but also distinctly teaches that the keeping of the commandments is easy."

"No amount of political freedom will satisfy the hungry masses."

"To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best."

"The ancient feud between cat and dog is not forgotten in the north, for the Lynx is the deadly foe of the Fox and habitually kills it when there is soft snow and scarcity of easier prey."

"My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves."

"For a long time, priority has been given to spread education. This was necessary. But today more than expanding education what is necessary is to improve the quality of education. We will have to shift our priority from literacy campaign to good education. From now onward, more than schooling, we will have to lay stress on learning."

"The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the would."

"Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns."

"There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics."

"When you judge someone you have no time to love them."

"Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible, is evil."

"The spread of yoga is the symbol of a changing world. It represents a world where knowledge flows, without restriction of country, creed or class. It represents a world where people come together across boundaries, for causes and concerns that unite the planet."

"We Indians are the inheritors of a glorious maritime heritage and it is the endeavour of our Government to restore India's position of eminence in the global maritime sector.""

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

"Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity."

"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."

"In the very first month of Indian Opinion, I realized that the sole aim of journalism should be service. The newspaper press is a great power, but just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole countrysides and devastates crops, even so an uncontrolled pen serves but to destroy. If the control is from without, it proves more poisonous than want of control. It can be profitable only when exercised from within. If this line of reasoning is correct, how many of the journals in the world would stand the test? But who would stop those that are useless? And who should be the judge? The useful and the useless must, like good and evil generally, go on together, and man must make his choice."

"I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion."

"I am dying with the help of too many physicians."

"At this camp I had the unique experience of showing all these seasoned Westerners that it was possible to make a fire by the friction of two sticks. This has long been a specialty of mine; I use a thong and a bow as the simplest way."

"It may well be that we will have to repent in this generation. Not merely for the vitriolic words and the violent actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence and indifference of the good people who sit around and say, "Wait on time."

"Today, we are not just launching a project that will irrigate land and light up homes. We are reviving a region, restoring hope, renewing life and redefining Afghanistan's future. The dam is a generator not just of electricity but also of optimism and belief in the future of Afghanistan."

"The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth."

"Iran, Libya and Syria are irresponsible states, which must be disarmed of weapons of mass destruction, and a successful American move in Iraq as a model will make that easier to achieve."

"Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship."

"Hungry for love, He looks at you. Thirsty for kindness, He begs of you. Naked for loyalty, He hopes in you. Homeless for shelter in your heart, He asks of you. Will you be that one to Him?"

"Men take only their needs into consideration never their abilities."

"The name Peace River itself is the monument of a successful effort on the part of the Company to bring about a better understanding between the Crees and the Beavers."

"Love is the outreach of self toward completion."

"In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage."

"The workers of the nation were tired of waiting for corporate industry to right their economic wrongs, to alleviate their social agony and to grant them their political rights. Despairing of fair treatment, they resolved to do something for themselves."

"Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake."
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