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Quotes from Os Brâmanes — Francisco Luís Gomes

1829–1869 Portugal

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All impartial men who are moved by justice and not by racialism want India to be ruled by Indians.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

What use is equality in theory and in law, if it does not penetrate into our customs?

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Gambling is the contraction of all vices into one.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

It is said that the law of Christ governs European civilization. That is a lie. It shines on it's surface, but does not penetrate to it's entrails.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

The revolt was the sepoy; the revolution would have been the people; the revolt was revenge; the revolution would have been the Idea; the revolt was the cruel Vishnu; the revolution would have been the mild Shiva.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

It is necessary that the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity, eternal in their duration, be universal in their application, that being realized in institutions, law and customs, they spread over the surface of the globe and filter down to it's lowest strata. Only then shall the regeneration of man be accomplished.

Os Brâmanes (1866)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Francisco Luís Gomes (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.