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"[to Blair] And don't be surprised if you feel completely, totally overwhelmed when you do get into office. Because in all that time out in the road scrambling and fighting to actually get that job. No one briefs you on what to do when you get there."
"No one briefs you on what to do when you get into office."
"We build a global consensus throughout our ideals. There's nothing that we can't tackle."
"[giving a speech] The IRA has claimed responsibility for what is ultimately an outrageous act of cowardice, and no one should ever make the mistake thinking that actions of this kind represent anything equating to patriotism."
"Everyone has decisions to make in life. Their decision is, are they going to be part of the peace process, or not. I hope the answer will be yes."
"I am committed to winning this thing."
"Losing is not an option."
"Until Milosevic does something, we do nothing."
"Why don't we step outside for a moment."
"What kind of a king begs others to do his fighting for him?"
"We have learned twice before in this century. Appeasement does not work. If we let an evil dictator range and challenge. We will have to spill infinitely more blood, and treasure to stop him later! This is not a battle for territory! It is a battle for Humanity! It is a just cause!"
"[giving a speech in Chicago] You have seen what was happening in Kosovo can doubt that NATO's military action is justified. And that military action will continue until Milosevic is defeated absolutely. Success is the only exit strategy I am prepared to consider. We are witnessing the beginnings of a new doctrine of international community. Many nations working hand-in-hand, cooperating on issues that confront us all. You are the most powerful country in the world. [Clinton is watching the speech on the TV] Must be difficult occasionally, irritating. The recipient of every demand to be called upon in every crisis. The cry "what's it got to do with us", must be regularly heard on the lips of your people. Yet the nations with the greatest power, have the greatest responsibility. We need you engaged. I say to you: Never fall again for the doctrine of isolationism. The world cannot afford it. And realize that in Britain, you have a friend that will stand with you, and fashion with you the design for a future built on peace and prosperity for all, which is the only dream that makes humanity worth preserving."
"[to Cherie] No point being here if we don't do things. Big things."
"[on Clinton] I believe in what he's trying to do. What we can do. Together."
"I feel I have no option, but to stand by him."
"This could be the end of me."
"[to Blair] No, no, no. Bill's right. Because if you don't do it, other people will do it for you."
"The best way for us to stop this being personal is to make it political."
"[being told about tapes of the Lewinsky affair] That's enough."
"Shouldn't we be thinking about taking a step back?"
"Infidelity by a president is one thing. Perjury is quite another."
"NATO will never commit without Clinton."
"Michael Sheen - Tony Blair"
"Dennis Quaid - Bill Clinton"
"Hope Davis - Hillary Clinton"
"Helen McCrory - Cherie Blair"
"Adam Godley - Jonathan Powell"
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.