Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings.
Jawaharlal NehruIt is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.
Jawaharlal NehruWe end today a period of ill fortune and India discovers herself again. The achievement we celebrate today is but a step, an opening of opportunity, to the greater triumphs and achievements that await us. Are we brave enough and wise enough to grasp this opportunity and accept the challenge of the future?
Jawaharlal NehruA language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them
Jawaharlal Nehru