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Truth Alone Will Endure, All The Rest Will Be Swept Away Before The Tide Of Time. I Must Continue To Bear Testimony To Truth Even If I Am Forsaken By All. Mine May Today Be A Voice In The Wilderness, But It Will Be Heard When All Other Voices Are Silenced, If It Is The Voice Of Truth.

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Truth Alone Will Endure,

Mahatma Gandhi

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Truth Alone Will Endure, All The Rest Will Be Swept Away Before The Tide Of Time. I Must Continue To Bear Testimony To Truth Even If I Am Forsaken By All. Mine May Today Be A Voice In The Wilderness, But It Will Be Heard When All Other Voices Are Silenced, If It Is The Voice Of Truth.

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