"When a slave begins to take pride..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
When a slave begins to take pride in his fetters and hugs them like precious ornaments, the triumph of the slave-owner is complete.
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“Ah, to be a bird. To fly the skies, sing my song, and best of all occasionally peck someone's eyes out.”
“Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull.”
“I want your loves to be multiple. I don't want you to be a snob about anything. Anything you love, you do it.”
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“I am confident that we will one day end the scourge of modern slavery, because I believe in those committed to this issue.”
“I think the person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave.”
“The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. Freedom and slavery are mental states.”