You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUIgnorance is always afraid of change.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.
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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 only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
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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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It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
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Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life.
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There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action.
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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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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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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
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What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
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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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What we need is a generation of peace.
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