By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUThere is only one thing that remains to us, that cannot be taken away: to act with courage and dignity and to stick to the ideals that have given meaning to life.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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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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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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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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The 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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A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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Peace is not merely an absence of war. It is also a state of mind.
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