Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUCulture 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.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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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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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.
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A tyrst with destiny – A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom.
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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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What we need is a generation of peace.
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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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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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Play the hand you’re dealt.
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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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For the first time i began to think, consciously and deliberately of religion and other worlds. The Hindu religion especially went up in my estimation; not the ritual or ceremonial part, but it’s great books, the “Upnishads,” and the “Bhagavad Gita.”
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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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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Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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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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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
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The basic fact of today is the tremendous pace of change in human life.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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