Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUMost things, except agriculture, can wait.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors’ version is given prominence and holds the field.
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Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.
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It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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