There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUDemocracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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To be successful in life what you need is education.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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Those who boast are seldom the great.
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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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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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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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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
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A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much.
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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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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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