Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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Great causes and little men go ill together.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps...

Let us be a little humble; let us think that the truth may not perhaps...

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

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

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us...

Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what...

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There...

We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to...

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me...

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer...

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on...

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place...

I have become a queer mixture of the East and the West, out of place...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and...

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.