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“Nehru was a well-read and widely travelled man. Through his travels and readings, he arrived at a synthesis of socialism and liberalism that he thought appropriate to his country. In other words, the political beliefs he came to profess – and invited the people of India to share – were his own.”
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Whether the work of the prime minister or one of her now forgotten minions, ‘Garibi Hatao’ was an inspired coinage. It allowed Congress (R) to take the moral high ground, representing itself as the party of progress, against an alliance of reaction. Personalizing the election was to backfire badly against the opposition, whose agenda was portrayed as negative in contrast to the forward-looking programme of the ruling party.”
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
“the English and the Americans were divided by a common language.”
― The Sins of the Father
― The Sins of the Father
“The history of the twentieth century, he pointed out, is replete with instances of the tragedy that overtakes democracy when a leader who has risen to power on the crest of a popular wave or with the support of a democratic organisation becomes a victim of political narcissism and is egged on by a coterie of unscrupulous sycophants who use corruption and terror to silence opposition and attempt to make public opinion an echo of authority.”
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
― India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
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