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“England has to fulfill a double mission in India: one destructive, the other regenerating - the annihilation of old Asiatic society, and the laying the material foundations of Western society in Asia... When a great social revolution shall have mastered the results of the bourgeois epoch... and subjected them to the common control of the most advanced peoples, then only will human progress cease to resemble that hideous, pagan idol, who would not drink the nectar but from the skulls of the slain.”

“I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.”

Source: The Essential Writings

“Taking a toddler to school is one of the most satisfying moments in my many years in public life. There is no better joy than laying the foundations of a strong future for these little children.... Friends, let us all become partners in this quest for ensuring education for all!”

Years Children Littles Moments School Joy Strong Education India Foundation Partners Satisfying Quests Public Life Toddler Education For All

Author:Narendra Modi

“The root of democracy is in mass education. This foundation becomes stronger, when the citizens of tomorrow, our children are also educated about the electoral process.”

Children Process Education Democracy Tomorrow Citizens Mass Roots India Stronger Our Children Foundation Educated Electoral Process

Author:Narendra Modi

“When I speak of Team India I believe that the foundation for India's development will not be the single pillar of the Central Government, but 30 pillars comprising the Central Government and all our States.”

Believe States Government Speak I Believe Team Development India Foundation Governance Pillars Central Government

Author:Narendra Modi

“In a world suffering from mental stress, yoga promises calm. In a distracted world, yoga creates focus, creates concentration. In a world of fear, yoga promises strength and courage. A healthy body and a disciplined mind are the foundations of a world free from fear. In crafting a new self through Yoga, we create a new world.”

World Mind Self Body Suffering Focus Promise Healthy Yoga India Stress Foundation Calm Concentration New World Distracted Healthy Body World Suffering New Self

Author:Narendra Modi

“We [with Bill Gates] started to make decisions about what we'd invest in. Then I actually started traveling for the foundation. I've probably been to India now eight times at least and Africa numerous times.”

Decision India Foundation Bills Eight Gates

Author:Melinda Gates

“Because I don't belong entirely to Britain or the U.S. or India or Japan, I build my foundations in some way deeper than mere passports, and more in the light of where I'm going than of "where I come from."”

Way Light India Foundation Mere Deeper Britain Japan Passports

Author:Pico Iyer

“Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.”

Artist Liberty India Foundation Republic Toleration Republic Day Indian Patriotic

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“Let me remind you that you have a two-fold task to perform. With the force of arms and at the cost of your blood you will have to win liberty. Then, when India is free, you will have to organize the permanent army of Free India, whose task it will be to preserve our liberty for all time. We must build up our national defense on such an unshakable foundation that never again in our history shall we lose our freedom.”

Source: Chalo Delhi: writings and speeches, 1943-1945

“Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built. Politics, power, and even intellect form a secondary consideration here. Religion, therefore, is the one consideration in India.”

Heart Has Beens Form Rocks Bed Built India Importance Foundation Intellect Core Consideration Backbone Edifice

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation upon which that religion is built.”

Mean Nations Principles Built India Foundation Backgrounds Remarks

Book:Lectures from Colombo to Almora

Source: Lectures from Colombo to Almora

“Only If there is devotion to knowledge, the 21st century will become India's century and the foundation of that will be laid by the 'Vanche Gujarat' movement.”

Ifs Century Movement India Foundation Devotion 21st Century Gujarat

Author:Narendra Modi