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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

Jawaharlal Nehru

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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Bad Dangerous Fear Life
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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Change Human Life
Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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Each Other Men People Thinking Word
Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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Face Heart Mindset Togetherness Unity
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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Freedom Game Hands Life Play Willing Yourself
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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Change Face History Yourself
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.
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Dream Peace Worth
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Death Defeat Preparation
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country’s spirit.
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Mindset Restriction Spirit
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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Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
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
There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Action Scare Stupidity
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
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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Accident Born Education Identity Myself View
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

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