Thread by @Jinesh_Choraria

Sharing some of my favourite quotes from Veer Savarkar today on #Savarkar_Atmarpan_Divas

1) Oh Motherland, Sacrifice for you is like life, Living without you is death!

2) You should abandon your pens in favour of guns; for literature can never flourish in a slave country. It has been well said that pursuit of science is possible only in a free nation protected by the power of arms.

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3) Some of the Mahasabha leaders & followers today raised the standard of Indian Independence for the first time in History & rose in armed revolt when Gandhiji & some of the present leaders of the Congress were singing Hallelujahs to the British empire.

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4) We Hindus must have a country of our own in the solar system and must continue to flourish there as Hindus - descendants of a mighty people.

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5) Sacrifice was adorable only when it was directly or remotely but reasonably felt to be indispensable for success. But the sacrifice that does not ultimately lead to success is suicidal and therefore had no place in the tactics of Maratha warfare.

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6) If to defend the just & equitable rights of Hindus in their own land is communalism then we are communalists par excellence & glory in being the most devoted Hindu communalists which to us means being the truest & the most equitable Indian Nationalists
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7) We must remember that there is no such thing as international morality in the world. Relations between nations had never been based on morality of relations between individuals. Nations have only one aim, the protection & propagation of self-interest.

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8) How long can eye for eye, tooth for tooth go? We say, “as long as Muslims do not come to their senses.” There is no point saying that we shouldn't sink to their level. In this instance we have no choice. We didn't start the fight. It was forced upon us
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9) The practice of untouchability is a sin, a blot on humanity & nothing can justify it. Unshackling this one foolish fetter would bring crores of our Hindu brethren into mainstream. They would serve the country in various capacities & defend her honour.

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10) Hinduise all politics and militarise Hindudom!!—and the resurrection of our Hindu Nation is bound to follow it as certainly as the Dawn follows the darkest hour of Night!

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