I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUA 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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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
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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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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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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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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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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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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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Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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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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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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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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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
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Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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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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Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions.
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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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