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"The inhabitants of the southern colonies are more strongly attached to freedom than those of the northern. Such were all the ancient states, such were our Gothic ancestors, such were the Poles of our era, and such will be all slave masters who are not slaves themselves. In these peoples the pride of the empire is combined with the spirit of liberty, strengthens it or renders it invincible. (Edmund Burke)"
"The real slave, the real slave defends the master, not fights him. Because the slave is not so much the one who has the chain on his foot as the one who is no longer able to imagine freedom. (Silvano Agosti)"
"The slave who does not organize his own rebellion does not deserve compassion for his fate. This slave is responsible for his misfortune if he harbors any illusions when the master promises him freedom. Freedom can only be won by struggle. (Thomas Sankara)"
"While freedom comes at a high price, slavery costs even more. (Volodymyr Zelensky)"
"They tell me: if you find a slave asleep, don't wake him up, maybe he's dreaming of freedom. And I answer: if you find a slave asleep, wake him up and tell him about freedom. (Khalil Gibran)"
"In today's world, freedom is meant license, while true freedom consists in a calm self-control. Licensing only leads to slavery. (Fyodor Dostoevsky)"
"Freedom with harm is more valuable than slavery with profit."
"Better broad beans in freedom than capons in slavery."
"All freemen are rich, and all slaves are poor."
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.