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"Statt unsere Sicherheit zu erhöhen, hat das Gefängnis in Guantánamo die nationale Sicherheit der Vereinigten Staaten geschwächt."
""Über das Konzentrationslager auf dem illegalen Militärstützpunkt Guantánamo wagten sie nicht, in Genf auch nur ein Wort zu sagen." - Fidel Castro, in einer Botschaft an das mexikanische Volk am 26. Mai 2004, marxistische-bibliothek.de"
"Der kälteste Winter meines Lebens war ein Sommer in San Francisco."
"Ungläubiger: in New York: jemand, der nicht an die christliche Religion glaubt; in Istanbul: jemand, der an sie glaubt."
"Und was heiĂźt schon New York? GroĂźstadt ist GroĂźstadt; ich war oft genug in Hannover."
"New York ist einzigartig auf der ganzen Welt."
"Mein New York ist Hannover."
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.