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I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing read more
I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole read more
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
N.B.: This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. - Gandhi, An Autobiography.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the read more
People constantly speak of "the government" doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men. They may have some better man working for them, but they themselves are seldom worthy of any respect.
Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.
What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if read more
What a free society offers to the individual is much more than what he would be able to do if only he were free.
