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Attributed quotes — Jawaharlal Nehru

1889–1964 India

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Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

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Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself.

Attributed World Marxist Review : Problems of Peace and Socialism (1958)

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.

Attributed The Quintessence of Nehru (1961)

This man has overcome two of the greatest failings in human nature -he knows neither fear nor hatred.

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Great causes and little men go ill together.

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I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West ... Out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.

Attributed Ambassador's Report (1954)

Thirty years of struggle and sacrifice have left their mark.

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America is a country no one should go to for the first time.

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Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.

Attributed Al Arab Vol. 9 (1970)

Christians argued and quarreled about the nature of Jesus’s divinity and about the Trinity.

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The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

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Nevertheless, there is danger for him and for India if he is spoiled too much with adulation. In his own words, "It must be checked. We want no Caesars!"

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I have been wanting to see you. If you had not come I would have come to you. You are a man of peace.

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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.

Attributed Building A Life Of Value : Timeless Wisdom to Inspire and Empower Us (2005)

To be successful in life what you need is education.

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You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

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Jawahar is the only Englishman in my camp.

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There is only one genuinely nationalist Muslim in India—Jawaharlal.

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Your country, your people and, indeed the whole world will miss this truly great leader and statesman who was a man of extreme courage, an ardent advocate of peace and a great champion of human liberty.

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The experience of a man should not be measured by the number of years he has lived, but rather by the number of problems he has solved.

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