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Self-sacrifice of one innocent man is a million times more potent than the sacrifice of a million men who die in the act of killing others.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi
Age: 78 †
Born: 1869
Born: October 2
Died: 1948
Died: January 30
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Mahatma Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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