Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUDemocracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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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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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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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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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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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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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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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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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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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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Every great revolution, whether it is right or not, we really know has any vital, urgent need to basis. It comes not just from itself.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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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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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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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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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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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
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