Theodore Zeldin - Even Gandhi, with all his charisma, did not melt the...

Even Gandhi, with all his charisma, did not melt the hearts of his oppressors, as he had hoped. After softening, hearts harden again. Asoka too was wrong to think that he was changing the course of history, and that his righteousness would last as long as the sun and the moon.

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Even Gandhi, with all his charisma, did not melt the hearts of his oppressors, as he had hoped. After softening, hearts harden again. Asoka too was wrong to think that he was changing the course of history, and that his righteousness would last as long as the sun and the moon. Theodore Zeldin
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