There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUSlogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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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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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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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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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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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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There is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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I do not attach much importance to America’s bombs. I attach importance to her great vitality and integrity. The strength of America is deeper and more significant than her financial power.
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