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“The basis of democracy is tolerance to criticism. If you can't face criticism, if you can't accept it, then you cannot guard democracy, you are not eligible for it.”

Ifs Faces Accepting Democracy Criticism India Bases Election Tolerance

Author:Narendra Modi

“Jobs should be offered on the basis of merit and not 'Seefarish'.”

Should Jobs Empowerment India Bases Merit

Author:Narendra Modi

“In Pakistan lies our deliverance, defence and honour...In our solidarity, unity and discipline lie the strength, power and sanction behind us to carry on this fight successfully. No sacrifice should be considered too great. We shall never accept any future constitution on the basis of a united India.”

Should Lying Fighting United Behinds Accepting Sacrifice Discipline India Bases Constitution Unity Honour Solidarity Pakistan Defence Sanctions Deliverance Quaid Azam

Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah

“It's something that exists on a daily basis on practically every street in India. You have people who are Hindus, Muslims, Christians - not just Catholics, but Protestants, you name it, all kinds of Christians - a hundred other religions, living side by side. And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other. So everybody ends up celebrating everyone else's festivals.”

People Kind Ends Christian Names Sides Streets Hundred India Bases Catholic All Kinds Celebrate Ritual Bizarre Festivals Protestants

Author:Anita Rau Badami

“Today you have a situation where now the prescription is: People who dont have enough money to buy food should end up paying for their drinking water. That is going to be the kind of situation in which you will get more child labor. You will get more exploitation of women. Youre going to get an absolutely exploitative economy as the very basis of living becomes a source of capital accumulation and corporate growth. In fact, the chief of Coca-Cola in India said: Our biggest market in India comes from the fact that there is no drinking water left. People will have to buy Coca-Cola.”

“I have always regard nonalignment as a statement that India's policies, foreign policy will be guided by what I describe as enlightened national interest. That we will make judgments on an independent basis, with the sole concern being what is enlightened India's national interest. In that sense, nonalignment remains as relevant today as it was in the early 1950s.”

Today Interest Policy Judgment Concern India Bases Regard Independent Remains Statements Enlightened Relevant Foreign Policy Sole National Interests

Author:Manmohan Singh

“A common religion is not possible for India, but a recognition of a common basis for all religions, and the growth of a liberal, tolerant spirit in religious matters, are possible.”

Matter Spirit Growth Religious Common India Bases Recognition

Book:The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

Source: The Birth of New India: A Collection of Writings and Speeches on Indian Affairs

“The Jain religion in India teaches that because all life is essentially interrelated and interconnected, all living beings should be considered sacred and be respected. This belief forms the basis of the doctrine of ahimsa, which has been translated into English variously as "reverence for life," "nonviolence," and "dynamic compassion."”

Should Has Beens Form Life Is Belief Compassion Teach India Bases Sacred Doctrine Reverence Nonviolence Interconnected Ahimsa Reverence For Life

Book:Sacred Trees

Source: Sacred Trees