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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.

Jawaharlal Nehru

As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
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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Beginning Myself Old Problem
Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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Freedom Justice Place
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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Cold Faith Fear Fight Generosity Logic Reason Trust Weapon
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Death Defeat Preparation
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Bad Dangerous Fear Life
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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History Victory Writing
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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Failure Forget Ideal Ourselves Principle
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
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Animal Name Religion Sacrifice Thinking
Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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Absence Mindset Peace War
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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Genius Greatness Language Live Poetry
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Democracy Freedom Understand Worst
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Control Himself Man Peace
The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
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Ambition Beyond Eyes Greatness Man Suffering Tears
Great causes and little men go ill together.
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Greatness Man Sick Togetherness
Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

Peace People

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