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my clothes immediately went to look for his boss -- which was a lie because there was no need of any signature, just my signature was needed. And that was the reason they were all nervous and perspiring -- they were afraid for their lives. And this is a democracy!
But still I say forgive them, for the simple reason that whatever they are doing is going to destroy them. They are bringing their own death closer to them.
And they are repenting. In all five jails, without exception, every jailer told me, "We have never had such a person in our jail!" -- because from all over the world there were calls, twenty-four hours a day. Telegrams in thousands, and flowers were coming from all over the world. They had no place in the jail to put so many thousands of flowers, so from the first jail I made it a point to send the flowers to the schools, colleges, universities, to the students -- in my name, from me, with my blessings.
The first sheriff told me, "You are absolutely safe, for the simple reason that the whole world's eyes are fixed on you. And no harm can be done to you; otherwise America will lose all its credibility. They cannot even touch your body." And that was true -- they could not touch my body.
They started repenting that they had created an unnecessarily stupid thing because the whole of the news media turned in my favor, the whole of America turned in my favor. People who had never known me, who heard my name for the first time, were sympathetic towards me and against the government. Inmates who had seen me on the television -- and they were criminals -- they were all for me. They loved me immensely.
So there is no need to be angry, there is no need to carry any complaint. Whatever they have done, they will have to reap the crop also. They have exposed themselves. And this is the way all these vested interests have been behaving with people who stand for truth. So it is not new. They have put me in the same category as Socrates and al-Hillaj and Sarmad... and that is a great credit.
And now they are trying in every possible way, pressurizing the Indian government -- because they help with money so they have power
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