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Jawaharlal Nehru [1889-1964] Indian

Rank: 101
Leader, Former Prime Minister of India

Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. 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.

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Quote	Tags	Rank
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.	Beauty	101
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.	Life	102
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.		103
Ignorance is always afraid of change.	Change	104
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.		105
Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.	Time	106
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.	Great, Work	107
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.		108
The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.		109
A theory must be tempered with reality.		110
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.		111
The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.		112
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 soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.	Age, History	113
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.		114
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.		115
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.		116
Every little thing counts in a crisis.		117
The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds.	Art	118
Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.	Dreams, Peace	119
Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.		120
There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.	Fear	121
The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.		122
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.	Failure	123
You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.	Change, History	124
Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.		125
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.	Truth	126
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.	Best	201
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.		202
Socialism is... not only a way of life, but a certain scientific approach to social and economic problems.		203
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.	Peace, Relationship, War	204
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.		205
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.		206
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.		207
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.	Peace	208
The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.	Attitude	209
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.		210
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.		211
To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be in good physical condition.		212
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.		213
Great causes and little men go ill together.		214

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