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No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.

— Subhash Chandra Bose, Indian Nationalist and Freedom Fighter

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

— Jawaharlal Nehru, Former Indian President

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

— Mother Teresa, Roman Catholic missionary

Courage is not having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

— Theodore Roosevelt, Former US President

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.

— Florence Nightingale, English Social Reformer

Prophet Mohammed would have no objection to The Satanic Verses.

— Salman Rushdie, Author

The liar’s punishment is not the least that he is not believed but that he cannot believe anyone else.

— George Bernard Shaw,  Irish Playwright

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

— Henry Ford, Founder of the Ford Motor Company

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan Philosopher

If you must break the law, do it to seize power; in all other cases observe it.

— Julius Caesar, Roman politician and general
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