Jawaharlal Nehru quotes

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Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Force
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Life
Cards
Determinism
Free will
Play
Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Truth
May
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Habit
Acting
Nation
It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Consequences
I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place everywhere, at home nowhere.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Home
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Failure
Forget
Ideals
Objectives
Principles
Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Facts
Will
Every little thing counts in a crisis.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Crisis
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Democracy
Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Culture
Mind
Spirit
Citizenship consists in the service of the country.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Citizenship
Country
Service
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Jawaharlal Nehru
Action
Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.
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Action
Right
Satisfaction
A theory must be tempered with reality.
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Reality
Theory