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If you want the world to be kinder, more honest or fairer, start with how you act. The quote puts responsibility for change in your own hands.
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Who said it?
Widely attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, but this exact wording does not appear in his writings. It is a popular paraphrase of his 1913 line: "If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change."
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