"The Government which attacks its own innocent subjects has no claim to be called a civilised government. Bear in mind, such a government does not survive long. I declare that the blows struck at me will be the last nails in the coffin of the British rule inÂ India."

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Source : "Under the Shadow of Gallows". Book by Gulab Singh, p. 40, 1963.

Lala Lajpat Rai

#Blow Quotes #Government Quotes #Long Quotes

“Whatever someone did to you in the past has no power over the present. Only you give it power.”
“Prejudice against womenis many, many times intensified against older women. You are viewed not as an intellect but as a body.... Astonishingly, even women's liberation has paid extraordinarily little attention to the older woman and to the fact that her job is limited because she is [older]. They say that women shouldn't be sex objects, but you damned well better be a sex object if you want to get ahead in television.”
“I have fought and kicked and fasted and prayed and cursed and cried myself to the point of existing.”
“Male female slave or free; peaceful or disorderly; maybe you and he will not agree; but you need him to show you new ways to see.”
“That tuneful nymph, the babbling Echo.”
“I like to go to bed early so I can get up early.”
“I'm not afraid to fall on my face while I attempt new things.”
“Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all â€¦ is not to have one.”

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