Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUEvil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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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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You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Blood and tears are going to be our lot, whether we like them or not. Our blood and tears will flow; maybe the parched soil of India needs them so that the fine flower of freedom may grow again.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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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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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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No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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