We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.

 

We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.
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Arun Gandhi's summary indirect quotation in "Arun Gandhi Shares the Mahatma's Message" by Michel W. Potts, in India - West [San Leandro, California] Vol. XXVII, No. 13 (1 February 2002) p. A34. Not found as a direct Gandhi quotation in the 98-volume authorized Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. [Misquotes that Bapu is forced to wear. Morton, Brian (August 29, 2011). Falser Words Were Never Spoken. New York Times.]
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Earlier variant: Be the change you wish to see. From "Be the change you wish to see: An interview with Arun Gandhi" by Carmella B'Hahn, Reclaiming Children and Youth [Bloomington] Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 2001) p. 6.

 

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