“The past is over and it is the future that beckons to us now.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru, "Tryst with Destiny" speech (14 August 1947)

About Jawaharlal Nehru

1889 – 1964

First Prime Minister of independent India.

“Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.”

“The ambition of the greatest men of our generation has been to wipe every tear from every eye.”

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

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“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

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“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”

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“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.”

“Change based on principle is progress. Constant change without principle becomes chaos.”