It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

What we need is a generation of peace.

The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.

The only alternative to coexistence is codestruction.

I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not...

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.

It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and poverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening of custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country...

Ignorance is always afraid of change.

Great causes and little men go ill together.

The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.

The art of a people is a true mirror of their minds

The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.

The Russians have been so sweet to me,

Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind....

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

Citizenship consists in the service of the country.

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.