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I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous animals. But man's intelligence is such that it can be utilised to defend any-thing he does, whether right or wrong.

— Morarji Desai

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Vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of compassion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.

He liked Jimmy Carter because according to him, “he’s one of the few world leaders who’s not a womaniser.

The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one.

My only interest in remaining in politics is to bring in morality.

Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life.

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