Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRUOnly a prisoner who has been confined for long behind high walk can appreciate the extraordinary psychological value of these outside walks and open views.
More Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes
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A man who is afraid will do anything.
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Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere.
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When you imitate the enemy’s tactics, you take on his liabilities.
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It is a fundamental rule of human life, that if the approach is good, the response is good.
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.
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Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
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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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Slogans are apt to petrify man’s thinking. Every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throw words at each other.
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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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Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
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Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
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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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Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
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