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
There are two things that have to happen before an idea catches on. One is that the idea should be good. The other is that it should fit in with the temper of the age. If it does not, even a good idea may well be passed by.
Do not advise too much: do the job yourself. This is the only advice you can give to others. Do it and others will follow.
By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim & a Hindu only by accident of birth.
Please remember that law and sense are not always the same.
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.
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.
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.
I am the last Englishman to rule in India.
What we need is a generation of peace.
The man who has gotten everything he wants is all in favor of peace and order.
I have long believed that the only way peace can be achieved is through world government.
Time is not measured by the years that pass by, instead by the things you do, feel or accomplish...
The forces in a capitalist society, if left unchecked, tend to make the rich richer and the poor poorer.
Poverty anywhere is a danger to prosperity everywhere