1621: Jawaharlal Nehru
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/01/26
“Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.”
“At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”
“A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new; when an age ends; and when the soul of a nation long suppressed finds utterance.”
“Freedom and power bring responsibility.”
“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.”
“Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.”
“A blind reverence for the past is bad and so also is a contempt for it, for no future can be founded on either of these.”
“The scientific temper points out the way along which man should travel. It is the temper of a free man.”
“It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty… The future belongs to science and to those who make friends with science.”
“Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.”
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