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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition
People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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Action Avoid Danger Distance People
I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Myself Rule
What we need is a generation of peace.
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Need Peace
Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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Agriculture Food Wait
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Economy Force Poor Rich
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Bad Dangerous Fear Life
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Destruction Existence Philosophy
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Control Himself Man Peace
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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Care Children Citizenship Flower Future Love Nation
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Failure Ourselves Weakness
When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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Enemy Liability Yourself
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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Action Mistake Ourselves Talk
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Life Science Value
The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
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Future Myself Ocean Past Present River

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