The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe 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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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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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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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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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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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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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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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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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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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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