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Religion is not familiar ground for me, and as I have grown older, I have definitely drifted away from it. I have something else in its place, something older than just intellect and reason, which gives me strength and hope.

— Jawaharlal Nehru Attributed Letter to Mahatma Gandhi (1933)

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We must constantly remind ourselves that whatever our religion or creed, we are all one people.

Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

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Peace is not only an absolute necessity for us in India in order to progress and develop but also of paramount importance to the world.

Speech at Columbia University (1949)

There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear.

Speech at Columbia University (1949)

These people [the RSS] have the blood of Mahatma Gandhi on their hands and pious disclaimers and dissociation now have no meaning.

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