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"Überleben ist ein Privileg, das verpflichtet. Ich habe mich immer wieder gefragt, was ich für die tun kann, die nicht überlebt haben."
"Privilegien aller Art sind das Grab der Freiheit und Gerechtigkeit."
"Die privilegierteste Gruppe, die es je in der Geschichte gab, ist die weiße Amerikanerin der Mittelklasse."
"Die Freiheit besteht in erster Linie nicht aus Privilegien, sondern aus Pflichten."
"Die bloße Tatsache der Existenz einer demokratisierten parlamentarischen Verfassung bietet noch keine Garantie friedlicher Fortentwicklung zu einer demokratischen Gesellschaft, weil niemand gewährleisten kann, daß die privilegierten Schichten die Rechtsordnung respektieren, wenn sie es für aussichtsreich halten, in ihrem Interesse die Rechtsordnung umzudeuten oder zu vernichten."
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.