I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUDemocracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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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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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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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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It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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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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Most things, except agriculture, can wait.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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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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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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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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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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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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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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The future has to be lived before it can be written about.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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