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"I'm not built like other men."
"I am destined for greatness, but those in power only see me as a sword."
"I found the crown of France in the gutter. I picked it up with the tip of my sword and cleaned it, and place it atop my own head."
"I am the first to admit when I make a mistake. I simply never do."
"I must warn you. I will not lead a second in command. I will win by fire."
"I promise you brilliant success."
"Those in power only see me as a brute. Unfit for higher office. But I follow in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and Caesar."
"My destiny is more powerful than my will."
"Shh! Whose country are we in? Mine."
"I am the most important thing in the world!"
"If you look down, you'll see a surprise. Once you see it, you will always want it."
"You think you're great. You're just a tiny little brute that is nothing without me. Say it."
"I need to warn you, the storm is near. Napoleon is coming."
"He came from nothing. He conquered everything."
"The world, for Joséphine."
"Joaquin Phoenix — Napoleon Bonaparte"
"— Empress Joséphine"
"— Caulaincourt"
"— Thérésa Cabarrus (Madame Tallien)"
"John Hollingworth — Marshal Ney"
"— Marshal Davout"
"— Sanson 'The Bourreau'"
"Édouard Philipponnat — Alexander I, the Tsar of Russia"
"Rupert Everett — Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington"
"— Talleyrand"
"Catherine Walker — Marie-Antoinette"
"Gavin Spokes — Moulin"
"Anna Mawn — Archduchess Marie-Louise"
"Sam Crane —"
"Scott Handy — Marshal Berthier"
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.