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"Bei Wölfen und Eulen // Lernt man heulen."
"Wer mit den Wölfen essen will, muss mit den Wölfen heulen."
"Wenn man unter den Wölfen ist, muss man mit ihnen heulen."
"Zwar kann der Politiker im Augenblick seines Handelns oder wenn er sein Handeln erklären und begründen muss, nicht gleichzeitig auch große Philosophie liefern. Aber sofern er ohne philosophisch-ethische Grundlage handelt, ist er in Gefahr, Fehler zu begehen. Er ist in Gefahr, in Opportunismus abzusinken. Er ist sogar in Gefahr, ein Scharlatan zu werden."
"Wer in dieser Kirche noch „etwas retten“ will, ist entweder unwissend oder Opportunist oder von Mystik besoffen. Man kann in dieser Kirche längst nichts mehr retten, sondern nur sich noch und andere vor ihr!"
"Mit den Wölfen heulen, // Und bei den Weibern frömmeln, tanzen, lügen!"
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.