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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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Peace People
Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
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Myself Place Reality Theory
I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Myself Rule
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.
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Greatness Policy Risk Wisdom
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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Beginning Myself Old Problem
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
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
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Humble Thinking Truth
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition
It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Failure Ourselves Weakness
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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Democracy Freedom Understand Worst
The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Life Light Live Ourselves See Truth World Wrong
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
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Action Direction End

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