There Is Not Love Where There Is

Without Peace There Can Be No Prosperity For Any People, Rich Or Poor. And Yet, There Can Be No Peace Without Erasing The Harshness Of The Growing Contrast Between The Rich And The Poor.

I Suggested A Compromise To Give The Banks A Year's Time And See If They Succeed In Showing Us That Nationalization Wasn't Necessary. The Year Went By And We Realized It Hadn't Done Any Good, That The Money Still Ended Up In The Hands Of The Rich Industrialists Or Friends Of The Bankers. So I Concluded That It Was Necessary To Nationalize The Banks. And We Did. Without Considering It A Socialist Gesture Or An Antisocialist Gesture, Just A Necessary One. Anyone Who Nationalizes Only So As To Be Considered On The Left To Me Is A Fool.

We Announced That There'd Be No More Starvation In India. And You Responded, 'impossible. You'll Never Succeed!' Instead We Succeeded; Today In India No One Dies Of Hunger Any More; Food Production Far Exceeds Consumption.

... Where Does Strength Come From? It Is Not Muscle Strength Any More. It Is Not Also Mere Intellectual Strength. What Is Strength? Strength Is The Support Of The People.

As My Father [javāharlāl Nehrū] Said, You Have To Keep An Open Mind, But You Have To Pour Something Into It - Otherwise Ideas Slip Away Like Sand Between Your Fingers.