India Quotes - Page 12

• Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Destiny, Habit, Guides

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.142, Grove Press

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• The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Struggle, Government, Civilization

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.8, Rajpal & Sons

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• The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dust, Extravagance, Apes

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.153, Oxford University Press

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• Half-a-dozen or twenty cities of India alone working together cannot bring Swaraj.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Cities, Working Together, Twenties

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Race, Unity, Different

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• The fragrance of nonviolence was never sweeter than it was today amidst the stink of violence of the most cowardly type that was being displayed in the cities of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Cities, Today, Violence

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• Jail-going is only the beginning, not the end of satyagraha. The acme of satyagraha for us would be to lay down our lives for the defence of India's just cause.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Jail, Would Be, Causes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1982). “Collected Works”

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• The mentality which made one section of the Indians look upon another as enemies was suicidal; it could only serve to perpetuate their slavery.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Suicidal, Enemy, Slavery

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• There is no reason to be disappointed. India will progress very fast and the skills of our youth will take India ahead.

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, Skills, Progress

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• Many persons claiming different faiths make us one and an indivisible nation. All these have an equal claim to be the nationals of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Different, Claims, Equal

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Absolutes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• I am firmly convinced that the trend toward more fuel-efficient vehicles is not a fad. Gas prices will continue to rise in the medium to long term, because demand is growing considerably in China, India and other countries.

  Norbert Reithofer

  Country, Long, Fuel

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The commerce between India and Africa will be of ideas and services, not of the manufactured goods against raw materials after the fashion of the Western exploiters.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fashion, Ideas, Raw Materials

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• Idleness is the great plague of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Plague, Idleness

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Reason, Cautious, University

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• If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Teacher, Buddhist, Law

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• In this, of all the countries in the world, possession of inordinate wealth by individuals should be held as a crime against Indian humanity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Humanity, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Civilization, Greed, Weak

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.116, A&C Black

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• No one would starve in independent India. Its grain would not be exported. Cloth would not be imported by it. Its leaders would not use a foreign language and finding justice in it would be neither costly nor difficult.

  Vallabhbhai Patel

  Motivational, Independent, Justice

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• The Khaddar of my conception is that handspun cloth entirely takes the place of mill cloth in India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Mills, Conception

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• I was working with Toby Gad, who spent a lot of time in India. There's a sitar [in "Body Shop"] and the song has a very Indian flavor to it. I liked the idea of the body of a car as a kind of sexual metaphor - What you do to a car, what you do in a car - drive. So, lots of innuendos, and lots of fun.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Song, Fun, Ideas

  "The Unapologetic Madonna Interview: The Queen Of Pop On Grindr, Song Leaks, Her Kids, And More". Interview with Dan Avery, www.newnownext.com. March 10, 2015.

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• The world has changed. India cannot sit isolated in one corner and determine its future.

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, World, Changed

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• I invite you all to participate in Make in India.

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, Make In India, Invites

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• The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.

  Narendra Modi

  Dream, Powerful, Thinking

  "India: Five unusual messages from Narendra Modi's speech" by Geeta Pandey, www.bbc.com. August 15, 2014.

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• Reliance's success is a reflection of India's capabilities, the talent of her people and the potential of her entrepreneurs, engineers, managers, and workers.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  Inspirational, Powerful, Reflection

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