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.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPlease remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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What we need is a generation of peace.
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Socialism is not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.
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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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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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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
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Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Every little thing counts in a crisis.
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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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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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History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.
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Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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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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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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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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