The quotations of

Jawaharlal Nehru

Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964

1889–1964

11 quotes, most often on Freedom, War & Peace and Good & Evil.

Freedom and power bring responsibility.
A Tryst With Destiny (1947)
- Freedom
- Responsibility
Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today.
Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
The Unity of India: Collected Writings, 1937-1940 (1942), p. 280
- Good & Evil
The world of today has achieved much, but for all its declared love for humanity, it has based itself far more on hatred and violence than on the virtues that make one human.
The Discovery of India (1946)
- Good & Evil
- Virtue
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.
“A Tryst with Destiny” speech, Constituent Assembly, New Delhi (14 August 1947)
- Freedom
- History
The ambition of the greatest man of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye. That may be beyond us, but so long as there are tears and suffering, so long our work will not be over.
A Tryst With Destiny (14 August 1947)
- Motivation & Goals
Most of us seldom take the trouble to think.
The Unity of India: Collected Writings, 1937-1940 (1942), p. 94
- Thinking
If you let victory become the end in itself then you’ve gone astray and forgotten what you were originally fighting about.
Interview by James Cameron, in Picture Post (28 October 1950)
- War & Peace
Ultimately what we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
Parliamentary Debates [Parliament of India] Pt.2 V.12-13 (1951)
- Character
We must constantly remind ourselves that whatever our religion or creed, we are all one people.
Radio address to the Defence Services (1 December 1947)
- Religion
Peace has been said to be indivisible; so is freedom, so is prosperity now, and so also is disaster in this One World that can no longer be split into isolated fragments.
“A Tryst with Destiny”, speech to the Constituent Assembly, New Delhi (14 August 1947)
- Freedom
- War & Peace
At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.
“A Tryst with Destiny”, speech to the Constituent Assembly, New Delhi (14 August 1947)
- Freedom
- History

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