"I realized the true function of a..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.
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“A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.”
“Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful.”
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
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“Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view”
“Hatred can be overcome only by love.”
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