An error can never become true however many times you repeat it. The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it: always.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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