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Thursday, January 08, 2004

 

the wisdom of Gandhi http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/06/elec04.s.mo.farmer.clinton.ap/

posted by Aziz P. at Thursday, January 08, 2004 permalink View blog reactions
the silly little flap over Hillary Clinton's lame attempt at humor while paying tribute to Gandhi, the father of Indian independence, reminded me of a famous quote that is very relevant to us today:

Clinton quoted the Indian independence leader as saying: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."


Gandhi took his country back, too. And did so with honor - which is how we plan to win. In doing so, we will distinguish ourselves from those we oppose.

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