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Mohandas Gandhi
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back ...”
The above quote alludes to the criticism of the Radical Republicans, an abolitionist faction of the Republican Party, for moving too slowly in abolishing slavery.
“Thoreau was a great writer, philosopher, poet, and withal a most practical man, that is, he taught nothing he was not prepared to practise in himself. ... He went to gaol for the sake of his principles and suffering humanity. His essay has, therefore, been sanctified by suffering. Moreover, it is written for all time. Its incisive logic is unanswerable.” - Mohandas Gandhi
“I have naver had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independance.”
“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”
“Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.”
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