Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
If a man were so placed or could so place himself as to be absolutely above all dependence on his fellow-beings he would become so proud and arrogant as to be a veritable burden and nuisance to the world.
Gandhi, Mahatma. Young India. 21 Mar. 1929, p. 93.
Howe was as close a political advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt as any president had ever had. He had been with Roosevelt in his early political days and stayed with him even when Roosevelt’s polio appeared to have ended his political career. It was Howe who persuaded FDR and his friends and family that he could re-enter politics even with the polio. Few believed it was possible, but between Howe and FDR, they did what was perceived as the impossible. Presidential assistant Harry Hopkins picked up much of the slack and became even closer to FDR than Howe had been.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā (Sanskrit: "great-souled", "venerable"), first applied to him in 1914 in South Africa, is now used throughout the world.
