Jawaharlal Nehru quotes - page 5

In times of crisis it is not unnatural for those who are involved in it deeply to regard calm objectivity in others as irrational, short-sighted, negative, unreal or even unmanly. (Jawaharlal Nehru)
I turned inevitably with goodwill towards communism, for, whatever its faults, it was at least not hypocritical and not imperialistic. View quote
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The world of today has achieved much, but for all its declared love for humanity, it has based itself far more on hatred and violence than on the virtues that make one human. View quote
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Religion is not familiar ground for me, and as I have grown older, I have definitely drifted away from it. I have something else in its place, something older than just intellect and reason, which gives me strength and hope. View quote
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Long ago, right at the commencement of non-co-operation or even earlier, Gandhiji had laid down his formula for solving the communal problem. According to him, it could only be solved by goodwill and the generosity of the majority group, and so he was prepared to agree to everything that the Muslims might demand. He wanted to win them over, not to bargain with them. View quote
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Russia apart, the theory and philosophy of Marxism lightened up many a dark corner of my mind. View quote
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The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. View quote
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I knew that Gandhiji usually acts on instinct (I prefer to call it that than the "inner voice" or an answer to prayer) and very often that instinct is right. View quote
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We have achieved political freedom but our revolution is not yet complete and is still in progress, for political freedom without the assurance of the right to live and to pursue happiness, which economic progress alone can bring, can never satisfy a people. View quote
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Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today. Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system. View quote
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I am English by education, Muslim by culture and Hindu merely by accident. (Jawaharlal Nehru)
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds. View quote
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Every little thing counts in a crisis. View quote
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Citizenship consists in the service of the country. View quote
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The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. View quote
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Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage. View quote
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Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them. View quote
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The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. View quote
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The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject. View quote
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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. View quote
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It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. (Jawaharlal Nehru)
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us. View quote
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The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order. View quote
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It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. View quote
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Wars are fought to gain a certain objective. War itself is not the objective; victory is not the objective; you fight to remove the obstruction that comes in the way of your objective. If you let victory become the end in itself then you've gone astray and forgotten what you were originally fighting about. View quote
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