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""Es wird wohl falsch zitiert sein; die meisten Zitate sind falsch." Theodor Fontane, Die Poggenpuhls, 1896, 11. Kapitel (Leo an Manon)"
"Von den meisten Büchern bleiben nur Zitate übrig. Warum nicht gleich nur Zitate schreiben?"
"populationen leben den stil der zitate, derer sie mächtig sind"
"Für einen ungebildeten Menschen ist das Lesen von Zitatensammlungen eine gute Sache."
"Falschzitate sind der Stolz und das Vorrecht der Gebildeten."
"Ein belesener Mann zitiert nie genau, eben weil er so belesen ist."
"Die Wirklichkeit erschließt sich am einfachsten zitatenweise."
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.