"Your readiness to suffer will light the..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
Your readiness to suffer will light the torch of freedom which will never be put out.
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“A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.”
“If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.”
“Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.”
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“I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence.”
“Prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty.”
“America is said to be the arena on which the battle of freedom is to be fought; but surely it cannot be freedom in a merely political sense that is meant. Even if we grant that the American has freed himself from a political tyrant, he is still the slave of an economical and moral tyrant. Now that the republic--the res- publica--has been settled, it is time to look after the res- privata,--the private state,--to see, as the Roman Senate charged its consuls, "ne quid res-PRIVATA detrimenti caperet," that the private state receive no detriment.”
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“But anyone who has really made sacrifices knows that he wanted and got something in return perhaps something for something of himself - that he gave up in order to have more here or at least to feel that he has "more".”
“I finally understand / for a woman it ain't easy tryin to raise a man / You always was committed / A poor single mother on welfare, tell me how ya did it / There's no way I can pay you back / But the plan is to show you that I understand / You are appreciated”
“Who saves his country violates no law.”