Here are the best Lal Bahadur Shastri Quotes that will help you understand the importance of Law, Governance, Democracy, and freedom.
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Best Lal Bahadur Shastri Quotes
We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.
We believe in the dignity of man as an individual, whatever his race, color, or creed, and his right to a better, fuller, and richer life.
The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.
We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in the war.
Among the major tasks before us, none is of greater importance for our strength and stability than the task of building up the unity and solidarity of our people.
Discipline and united action are the real sources of strength for the nation.
We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and determination as we fought against aggression
We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.
I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.
We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.
India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.
The preservation of freedom is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.
I am not as simple as I look.
That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is absolute loyalty since one cannot weigh it in terms of what one receives.
True democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.
Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.
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Short Biography: Lal Bahadur Shastri
On October 2, 1904, Lal Bahadur Shastri was born in Mughalsarai to Sharada Prasad Srivastava, a schoolteacher, and his wife Ramdulari Devi. He was an Indian leader and the country’s second Prime Minister.
Reading about Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, and Annie Besant had an influence on Shastri’s thinking. He joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s, deeply impressed and motivated by Gandhi.
During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan War, he was the country’s leader. During the conflict, his motto “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” (“Hail to the soldier, Hail to the farmer”) became extremely famous.
On 10 January 1966, the war officially ended with the Tashkent Agreement, and the next day, while still in Tashkent, he died in his hotel room.
