Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPlease remember that law and sense are not always the same.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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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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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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Restraint does not mean weakness. It does not mean giving in.
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Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
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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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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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The Ganga to me is the symbol of India’s memorable past which has been flowing into the present and continues to flow towards the ocean of the future.
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Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
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It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life’s course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and twist the mind and prevent it from perceiving the truth.
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India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.
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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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In the name of religion many great and fine deeds have been performed. In the name of religion also, thousands and millions have been killed, and every possible crime has been committed.
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There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.
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