"Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will."
"You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall."
Source: Jawaharlal Nehru's statement to Nikita Khrushchev as quoted in The New York Post, April 1, 1959.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Politician, Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first Prime Minister and a key figure in the country's struggle for independence, advocating for democracy and social justice.
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