The Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture and the Nation

Ravish Kumar

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The reason for their silence was simple. They understood, ‘If the mob can do this to these people, it can do the same to me.’ People joined the mob to silence others; what they did not realize was that they had also learnt to become and remain silent.”

“The act of speaking out makes you alone.”

“Youngsters who do not know what it is to be in love and marry the person of their choice remain cowards forever, timid for life.”

“The young no longer want to understand why a system made them spend lakhs of rupees studying to be engineers when at the end of it all they could not find jobs that would pay them even ten thousand. They took loans to gain admission and study in colleges that promised them training and placements. Those colleges don't exist anymore, but the loans are still being repaid.”

“Those of us who do not learn lessons from history will become assassins for the history that is yet to be recorded.”

“The way things are in India, couples invariably find little love and far more hatred in the course of their love. That they still dare to love is worthy of our salutations.”

“Fake news engenders fake debates, and fake debates result in fake politics. It is a means to take the focus far away from the real problems that affect people.”

“Communalism turns human beings into bombs.”

“Citizen or robot; democracy or tyranny - the choice is ours.”

“Be a film star's fan, or cricketer's, but never be a politician's fan.”

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journalism, speaking-out, courage, alone