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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.
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Achievement Action Feeling Oneself Time
That great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
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Age Destiny Greatness Love Man Peace
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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History Human Mindset Spirit Struggle
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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Choice Face Problem
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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Action Leadership Men Reason Thinking
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.
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Democracy End
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure.
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Adventure Live Wonderful World
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
As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness.
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Fear Friendship Past Truth
People avoid action. Often because they are afraid of the consequences, for action means risk and danger. Danger seems terrible from a distance; it is not so bad if you have a close look at it
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Action Avoid Danger Distance People
A country is known by the way it treats its animals.
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Animal Country
Those who boast are seldom the great.
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Attitude Greatness One Liner
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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Commitment Crime Greatness Kill Performance Possible Religion
It is now clear that science is incapable of ordering life. A life is ordered by values.
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Life Science Value
America is a country no one should go to for the first time.
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Country Time Travel

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