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“Consider a device she has used so skilfully in the past: identify the weakness of a man, exploit it. True, the device works and for a long time. But in the end, and the end has come-I don't mean chronologically, of course, but in terms of effectivenessthe ability to manipulate the weaknesses of others does not suffice. You must reckon with your own weaknesses and with how they incapacitate you in dealing with the cruel march of time, of events”

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Book:Mrs. Gandhis second reign
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