Former This is surely a supreme national tragedy for you. For me, it is a personal tragedy of immense dimensions. - Harold Wilson, British Prime Minister, to a Bengali journalist upon hearing the news of the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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I could tell you about Mujib Rahman, who, again at Dacca, had ordered his guerillas to eliminate me as a dangerous European, and lucky for me an English colonel saved me at the risk of his life. - Oriana Fallaci.

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What a tragedy to have such brilliant and courageous leadership stolen from the people of Bangladesh in such a moment of violence and cowardice. But today, Bangladesh is growing in the vision of Bangabandhu. - John F. Kerry, Former US Secretary of State

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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. — Jim Rohn

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The speciality of Mujib's character was his uncompromising fighting leadership with a generous heart . - Yasser Arafat, Former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization

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Sheikh Mujib is a man of peace, a man of independence, and a man of the world. He is not just the Bangabandhu (Friend of Bangladesh); he is also the Viswa Bandhu (Friend of the World)

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I have not seen the Himalayas. But I have seen Sheikh Mujib. In personality and in courage, this man is the Himalayas. - Fidel Castro, Former President of Cuba

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

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I pay respect to a visionary leader and statesman, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He fought for freedom with unflinching courage despite the odds and adverse conditions.- Sonia Gandhi, Former President of the Indian National Congress

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Not even Pakistan's founder, Mohammed Ali Jinnah, drew the million-strong throngs that Mujib has attracted in Dacca. Nor, for that matter, has any subcontinent politician since Gandhi's day spent so much time behind bars for his political beliefs. - TIME magazine

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