Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThe 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.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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Only a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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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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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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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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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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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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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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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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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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We can’t encourage narrow mindedness, for no nation can be great whose people are narrow in thought.
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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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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