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

Quote by Jawaharlal Nehru

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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about...

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about...

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...

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be...

To be in good moral condition requires at least as much training as to be...

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...

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

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.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

A theory must be tempered with reality.

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...

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes

Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes

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...

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...

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...

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences...

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject

The purely agitational attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Citizenship consists in the service of the country

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for...

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women

History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women