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“I am the last Englishman to rule in India.”

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru served as the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964. A prominent leader in the Indian independence movement, he played a pivotal role in shaping the new nation's political and social landscape. Nehru was a philosopher, writer, and lawyer, and his vision for a secular, democratic, and modern India continues to influence the country's development. more

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“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.”

Hard Problem Accepting Democracy Hard Work Solve

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field.”

Giving Given Views Written Fields Rate Versions Conqueror Prominence

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.”

Justice Aggression Threatened

Book:Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 22 February-30 April 1957

Source: Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 22 February-30 April 1957

“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.”

People Want Doe Soul Earth Order Religious Teach Fate Ignorance Masters Becoming Mass Capable Concerned Hunger Satisfied Civilized Captains Filth

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“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”

People Littles Country Progress Slave Our Country Mentality Dogma Dogmatic

Book:Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: Advisory Board: M. Chalapathi N. Y. Sharada Prasad, and B. R. Nanda;general Editor: S. Gopal

Source: Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: Advisory Board: M. Chalapathi N. Y. Sharada Prasad, and B. R. Nanda;general Editor: S. Gopal

“Beginnings are always messy.”

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“India cannot sit on the fence anymore. It may have to make a choice. Either way it is going face problems.”

Way May Problem Faces Choices India Fence

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things.”

Thinking Trying Years Has Beens Important Opportunity Discipline Prison Sensations

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“A man who is afraid will do anything.”

Book:The story of the world: a brief account of the early days of the earth as told in letters to his daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru

Source: The story of the world: a brief account of the early days of the earth as told in letters to his daughter by Jawaharlal Nehru

“Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.”

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Author:Pythagoras