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"Junger Müßiggänger, alter Dieb."
"»Ich bin ein angesehener Mann«, sagte der Dieb, da er am Schandpfahl stand."
"Die meisten Leute bringen in ihrem Haus Tür und Schloss nur an, wenn der Dieb schon gekommen ist."
"Wer dem Weibe vertraut, der vertraut auch Dieben."
"Ruft den Ackerbau wieder ins Leben, erneuert die Wollspinnerei; das gäbe ein recht ehrsames Geschäft, in dem sich mit Nutzen jener Schwarm von Tagesdieben betätigen könnte, die bisher die Not zu Dieben gemacht hat."
"Patriotismus ist die letzte Zuflucht des Halunken."
"In einer blockierten Gesellschaft, wo jeder schuldig ist, ist es das einzige Verbrechen, sich erwischen zu lassen. In einer Welt der Diebe ist Dummheit die einzige unverzeihliche Sünde."
"Der Aufschub ist ein Dieb der Zeit."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.