Good government is no substitute for self-government. - Mahatma Gandhi

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There is, in short, no great idea that stupidity could not put to its own uses [. . . . ] The truth by comparison, has only one appearance and only one path, and is always at a disadvantage.

Mahatma Gandhi

Good government is no substitute for self-government.

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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.

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