Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things than to doing them.
Jawaharlal NehruRead
The boundaries of democracy have to be widened so as to include economic equality also. This is the great revolution through which we are all passing.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Democracy should encompass economic equality as part of its fundamental principles.
Jawaharlal Nehru emphasizes the necessity of expanding the concept of democracy to include economic equality. He suggests that true democracy is not just about political freedoms and rights but also about ensuring that all individuals have equal access to economic resources and opportunities, marking a significant transformation in society.
Themes
DemocracyEconomic EqualityRevolutionSocietyTransformation
In practice
Example use cases
During a political rally advocating for social justice.
More from Jawaharlal Nehru
All quotes βIndia has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age
Jawaharlal NehruRead
Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
Jawaharlal NehruRead
Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
Jawaharlal NehruRead
What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.
Jawaharlal NehruRead
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
Jawaharlal NehruRead
Similar quotes
Everyone has a responsibility to not only tolerate another person's point of view, but also to accept it eagerly as a challenge to your own understanding. And express those challenges in terms of serving other people.
Arlo GuthrieRead
Godβs sovereign will is not at the whim and mercy of our person and individual responses to it.
R. C. SproulRead
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
LaoziRead
Just because it's on the radio doesn't mean we have to suspend belief in the evidence of our senses.
Don DelilloRead
Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.
Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRead
Hollywood is difficult to navigate if you have integrity, so I opted not to work if there wasn't enough to do in a role, which doesn't have to do with the role's size.
Robin WrightRead