"Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and..." - Quote by Mark Twain
Mine was a trained Presbyterian conscience and knew but the one duty - to hunt and harry its slave upon all pretexts and on all occasions, particularly when there was no sense nor reason in it.
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“My advice to girls: first, don't smoke - to excess; second, don't drink - to excess; third, don't marry - to excess.”
“Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.”
“The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”
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“In whatever area in life one may meet the challenges of courage, whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience - the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men - each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient - they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.”
“You cannot be at home with something that you feel that is wrong, is not right.”
“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
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“I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.”
“It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.”
“Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.”