Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964. He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state: a sovereign, socialist, secular, and democratic republic...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth14 November 1889
CityAllahabad, India
CountryIndia
...that great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
A theory must be tempered with reality.
Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.
What we need is a generation of peace.
I think the years I have spent in prison have been the most formative and important in my life because of the discipline, the sensations, but chiefly the opportunity to think clearly, to try to understand things.
A man who is afraid will do anything.
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of human ity.
In our society competitive capitalism has put family life and working life on a collision course.In Canada statistics show that over 70 percent of the burden of caring for children, the aged, the disabled and the sick falls on women most of whom receive no pay for these very essential tasks.Normally speaking, it may be said that the forces of capitalism, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer and thus increase the gap between them.
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.
I am the last Englishman to rule in India.