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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character give him power.

— Abraham Lincoln, Former US President

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

— Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist Revolutionary

The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground.

— Winston Churchill, Former UK Prime Minister

True leadership lies in guiding others to success. In ensuring that everyone is performing at their best, doing the work they are pledged to do and doing it well.

— Bill Owens, American Politician

They may kill me, but they cannot kill my ideas. They can crush my body, but they will not be able to crush my spirit.

— Bhagat Singh, Indian Freedom Fighter

No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated.

— Nelson Mandela, Former South African President

If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.

— Benjamin Franklin, Former US President

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

— Confucius, Chinese Philosopher

It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.

— Lal Bahadur Shastri, Former Indian Prime Minister

A coward dies a thousand deaths, the gallant never taste of death but once.

— Julius Caesar, Roman Politician and General
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