Jawaharlal Nehru Quotes

• Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

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• Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

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• The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

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• Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

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• No country or people who are slaves to dogma and the dogmatic mentality can progress, and unhappily our country and people have become extraordinarily dogmatic and little-minded.

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• I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized on this earth, capable of becoming master of his fate and captain of his soul.

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• Ignorance is always afraid of change.

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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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• The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds.

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• Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

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• A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the sound of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.

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• 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 to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

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Jawaharlal Nehru (53)

Birth:	14th November, 1889
Death:	27th May, 1964
Nationality:	Indian
Profession:	Politician

About

Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was an Indian politician, barrister and author. He was the first Prime Minister of India. He was the son of Motilal Nehru (lawyer and nationalist statesman) and Swaruprani Thussu. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964. He served twice as President of the Indian National Congress during the Independence Struggle. He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community while many Indian children knew him as Chacha Nehru. He earned a BA degree in Natural Science from Trinity College, Cambridge University and the Inner Temple, where he trained to be a barrister. He was a prolific writer in English and wrote a number of books, such as The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History, and his autobiography, Toward Freedom. In 1955, he was awarded Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

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