Baba Amte - People Quotes

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I believe as a society we have to evolve, through experimentation, a system which combines the principles of individual freedom and common ownership. And this is what we have tried, basically with success, in all our projects, involving leprosy patients, tribal people and the so-called 'disabled' persons.

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…richness of heart of the poor people [and to despise] the poverty of heart of the rich.

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That microscopic look at village life taught me to hear the heart-beat of reality. To me the common man's society is a maskless society. He does not carry that thick mask which the professional people, the upper classes, wear so that they might look nice and beautiful. Very often they do not dare to say what they really think and feel.

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