Lala Lajpat Rai quotes

“If I had the power to influence Indian journals, I would have the following headlines printed in bold letters on the first page: Milk for the infants , Food for the adults and Education for all”
-- Lala Lajpat Rai

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“The shots that hit me are the last nails to the coffin of british rule in India.”
-- Lala Lajpat Rai

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“Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have anxiety for the future generation.”
-- Lala Lajpat Rai

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“I do honestly and sincerely believe in the necessity or desirability of Hindu-Muslim unity. I am also fully prepared to trust the Muslim leaders. But what about the injunctions of the Koran and Hadis? The leaders cannot over-ride them. Are we then doomed? I hope not. I hope your learned mind and wise head will find some way out of this difficulty.”
-- Lala Lajpat Rai

Source : Presidential address by Muhammad Ali Jinnah to the Muslim League in Lahore, www.columbia.edu. 1940.

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“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 in India.”
-- Lala Lajpat Rai

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

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“Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.”

“A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.”

“The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.”

Source : "12-year-old author: Don't say 'childish'" by John D. Sutter, www.cnn.com. April 15, 2010.

“I was raised with adults. I skipped knowing how to interact as a normal teenage person.”

Source : "Alice Englert Talks BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Getting the Southern Accent Right, and TWILIGHT Comparisons". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.

“I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.”

Source : "Amber Benson: From vampires to 'Among the Ghosts'" by Louis Peitzman, www.sfgate.com. October 21, 2010.

“The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held by Huxley and Romanes in the last century.”

“There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time.”

“Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.”

“When he is wounded, I bleed. {page 262 of John Adams}”

“I just wanted to be the first one to fly for America, not because I'd end up in the pages of history books.”

Source : "Ex-Astronaut Recalls Thrill of 1st U.S. Space Flight" by Marcia Dunn, The Deseret News, p. A, May 01, 1991.