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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

Jawaharlal Nehru

No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress.
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Country Fear Mental People Slave
The light has gone out of our lives.Yet I am wrong, for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country and the world will see it. For that light represented the living truth.
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Life Light Live Ourselves See Truth World Wrong
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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Evil Growth Poison Tolerance
Ignorance is always afraid of change.
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Afraid Change Ignorance One Liner
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
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Force Thinking
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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Danger Poor Prosperity
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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Attachment Greatness Importance Myself Power
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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Extraordinary Prison Value View Walk
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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Beginning Myself Old Problem
You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women.
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Nation Woman Yourself
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Action Myself Right Satisfaction
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
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Danger Person Quiet
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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Economy Force Poor Rich
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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Beginning Books Religion Thinking Time World
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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Death Defeat Preparation
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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Greatness Loyalty Recognition

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