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Quotes by Leader

"I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them."

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."

"In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded with numerous islands of every variety of form."

"I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end."

"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."

"Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice."

"A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends."

"If you think this fertiliser plant opened again, after 26 long years due to Modi then you are mistaken."

"No matter at what speed I move forward, I am never satisfied. If today I run at a speed of 100, I keep an aim of running at 200. World has gone far ahead and we need to match that level."

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him."

"The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general."

"The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door."

"A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad."

"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them."

"In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?"

"You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive."

"Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach."

"Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order."


"All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes."

"People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians?"

"Expressing the thoughts of my comrades, I suggested, among other means, the organization of an international information service on inventories, on production, and on the needs of the various countries for raw materials."

"What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled?"

"Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport."
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