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"No country or people who are slaves to dogma and the dogmatic mentality can progress, and unhappily our country and people have become extraordinarily dogmatic and little-minded"
"A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them"
"What we need is a generation of peace."
"The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject."
"The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer."
"Act with courage and dignity; stick to the ideals that give meaning to life."
"It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others."
"There is nothing more horrifying than stupidity in action."
"No country or people who are slaves to dogma and dogmatic mentality can progress."
"Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes."
"History is almost always written by the victors and conquerors and gives their view. Or, at any rate, the victors' version is given prominence and holds the field."
"A tyrst with destiny - A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom"
"As fear is a close companion to falsehood, so truth follows fearlessness."
"It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say."
"In order to understand people, we have to understand their way of life and approach. If we wish to convince them, we have to use their language in the narrow sense of the mind. Something that goes even much further than that is not the appeal to logic and reason, but some kind of emotional awareness of the other people."
"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."
"Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere"
"Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people."
"Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system."
"A great disaster is a symbol to us to remember all the big things of life and forget the small things, of which we have thought too much."