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"I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine."
"But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life."
"The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others."
"The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled."
"To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge."
"Principle is ever my motto, not expediency."
"Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are formed by a different breeding, are fed by a different food, are ordered by different manners, and are not governed by the same laws: the rich and the poor."
"In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbours. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbour as ourself; modern society acknowledges no neighbour."
"Property has its duties as well as its rights."
"Little things affect little minds."
"We all of us live too much in a circle."
"Mr. Kremlin himself was distinguished for ignorance, for he had only one idea, and that was wrong."
"I was told," continued Egremont, "that an impassable gulf divided the Rich from the Poor; I was told that the Privileged and the People formed Two Nations, governed by different laws, influenced by different manners, with no thoughts or sympathies in common; with an innate inability of mutual comprehension."
"There is no wisdom like frankness."
"Power has only one duty—to secure the social welfare of the PEOPLE."
"A public man of light and leading."
"Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing."
"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."
"Frank and explicit; that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."
"That we may live to see England once more possess a free Monarchy and a privileged and prosperous People, is my Prayer; that these great consequences can only be brought about by the energy and devotion of our Youth is my persuasion. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions; and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity."
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.