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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful. As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"I call God long-suffering and patient precisely because He permits evil in the world. I know that He has no evil in Him and yet if there is evil, He is the author of it and yet untouched by it."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height."

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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
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"Is the God of the Mahometan different from the God of the Hindu? Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? Wherein is the cause for quarreling?"

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Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist
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"But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There's a song that says, "the time ain't long." That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come."

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Langston Hughes Poet, Novelist
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"As long as what is is-and Georgia is Georgia-I will take Harlem for mine. At least, if trouble comes, I will have my own window to shoot from."

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