“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” "I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal." That was leadership that was the quality leaders possessed those words were hope, today it is only power, only fools hope, only some artificial currency doing the rounds.
This is a tribute to the greatest leaders of all times Leaders who shaped the world as it is today Bringing history live
1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2nd October 1869-30th January 1948)
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Major Achievements 1. Civil rights movement in South Africa (1893-1914) 2. Independence of India through non-violence policies.
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, born in Porbandar, a coastal town in present-day Gujarat, India, on 2 October 1869 changed the rules of war forever, through his firm belief in non-violence & truth.
2. Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” “In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” “This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.”
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Major Achievements 1. Greatest President in US history. 2. Abolishing slavery through Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
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The 16th President of the United States of America deserves no introduction. One of the finest leaders from the dawn of classical and modern times, led USA through its greatest crisis the American Civil War, He introduced measures that resulted in the abolition of slavery, issuing his Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and promoting the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, and enlightened the candle of liberty. As the civil war was drawing to a close, Lincoln became the first American president to be assassinated.
Sir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727)
“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants” “To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.” Sir Isaac Newton born in Lincolnshire, England on a snowy day of 4th January 1643 changed the rules of the universe forever. By profession he was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian. His Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, is by itself considered to be among the most influential books in the history of science, laying the groundwork for most of classical mechanics. Major Achievements Newton’s Laws of Motion Newton’s Theory of gravitation Optics Mechanics Gauss-Newton Algorithm, etc.
Myths Study of “Temple of Solomon”, Priory of Scion, Occult Studies, The Philosophers stone, AD 2060
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4. Margaret Higgins Sanger (September 14, 1879 – September 6, 1966)
“Against the State, against the Church, against the silence of the medical profession, against the whole machinery of dead institutions of the past, the woman of today arises.” “Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression.” ‘When motherhood becomes the fruit of a deep yearning, not the result of ignorance or accident, its children will become the foundation of a new race.” “War, famine, poverty and oppression of the workers will continue while woman makes life cheap. They will cease only when she limits her reproductivity and human life is no longer a thing to be wasted.”
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Major Achievements Planned parenthood American Birth Control League Women Independence Free thinking Society
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Margaret Sanger born in Corning, New York, is the founding mother of the modern woman, her struggle for woman independence and rights was the first in modern history. She destined the women of the new era.
5. Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” Martin Luther King, Jr., born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, was an American activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. In 1964, King became the then youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
Gandhi, Rustin and Thurman
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Major Achievements Foundation of Southern Christian Leadership Conference Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Nobel Peace Prize 1964
6. Raja Ram Mohan Roy (August 14, 1774 – September 27, 1833)
The Father of Indian Nationalism and social reformer modernized the Indian social system forever by abolishing of Sati, and overthrowing many other social stigmas prevalent at the times of classical dawn of India. Roy was born in Radhanagore, Bengal, in 1774, is beyond doubt the godfather of the modern woman of India.
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Major Achievements Abolishing Sati Founder Brahma Sabha- A new society with modern thoughts Modifying the Hindu funeral practice Introducing the term Hinduism in English Language In 1817, in collaboration with David Hare, he set up the Hindu College at Calcutta In 1830, he helped Alexander Duff in establishing the General Assembly's Institution Founder Anglo Indian school, Vedanta College
7. Mao Zedong (226 December 1893 – 9 September 1976)
“Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.” “I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.” Major Achievements 1. Unification of China as a single state. 2. Chief of state of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to 1959 and chairman of the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death. 3. The Great Leap Forward Program. 4. Lead the Foundation of a vibrant and Superpower China.
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Criticized strongly for revolutionary ideas and socio political programs
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8. Mother Teresa (August 26, 1910 – September 5, 1997)
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” “It is not the magnitude of our actions but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.”
Agnes, born as an Albanian, founded the Missionaries of charity in Calcutta in 1950, dedicated her life to the cause of humanity and service, towards a dream of making the world a better place for living. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, 1979, and the Bharat Ratna (India’s highest civilian honor) in 1980.
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1. Foundation of Missionaries of Charity, active in 130+ countries at present, operating on 600+ missions, with the service of 5000+ nuns worldwide.
Albert Einstein (14 March1879 – 18 April 1955)
"The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible." “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
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“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”
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Einstein, German-Jewish born theoretical physicist shaped the destiny and direction of the modern world, He was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize for his contribution to theoretical Physics. Einstein published 300+ scientific works and 150+ other works.
Major Achievements 1. Discovery of photoelectric effect 2. special theory of relativity 3. general theory of relativity 4. quantum theory of atomic motion in solids 5. photon theory and wave-particle duality
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6. Bose-Einstein condensation
10. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918-)
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” “There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.” “I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.” Mandela, born in Transkei, South Africa served as an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of the African National Congress. He was convicted on charges of sabotage & crimes committed while he led the movement against apartheid. Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison, primarily in Robben Island. Later he was elected as President of South Africa, (the first to be elected in a fully representative democratic election), held office from 1994–99. He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
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First democratically elected President of South Africa
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They dedicated their lives for the betterment of mankind, for a new dawn of the new generation, They gifted us a world of equal rights, truth, freedom, liberty, Of justice, advancement, humanity,
Let us repay back by living their dreams, Working towards a common goal, Let us continue their work, follow their path,
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Let us make this world a better place for living,
Human life is a life to cherish, It is gifted to know the unknown, To spread the wings of freedom, To believe in dreams, And to live those dreams, It is worth knowing the unknown, Human life is love and beauty, It is imagination, distribution,
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It is a zest to know more…………………
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