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Quotes by Leader

"We should not view our diaspora only in terms of 'Sankhya' but let us see them as 'Shakti'. In doing so, we can solve our problem of Brain Drain by converting it into Brain Gain."

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."

"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

"Without forgiveness, there's no future."

"My aim is to reform to transform. For me, reforms are those policies that transform the lives of ordinary citizens. In the last two years, we have taken a comprehensive package of reforms which go beyond more economic reforms."

"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."

"Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home."

"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."

"An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so."

"If you want to change the world, start with yourself."

"What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also."

"Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking."

"Our ability to reach unity in diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization."

"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."

"I don't mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say."

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic."

"Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement."

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them."

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

"India is a youthful country. A country with such a major percentage of youth has the capability to change not only its own, but the fate of the entire world"

"There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight."

"The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses."

"The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less."
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