Famous quotes 8

Education is the knowledge of the self

Knowledge without action is meaningless-Mimansa Philosophy

Free speech is the basis of modern civilization and there is no compromise with it-Voltaire

Nations that forget history are bound to lose the power to create it-Anonymous

The total commitment on any issue is practically impossible and plurality of opinion is to be observed in order to seek truth- Mahatma Gandhi

My notion of democracy is that the weakest shall have the same opportunity as the strongest-Mahatma Gandhi

Indian democracy is predicated on Madisonian model of democracy wherein the primacy of minority rights is to be respected without which democracy is unfulfilled

Andrie Sakharov, Russian scientist and dissident said “ From Tape recorder to semiconductors, all innovation have come from the west and nothing from Soviet Union.” The then President did not listen to him and this was one of the reasons why he was imprisoned for six years in 1979.

Voltaire had famously said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it.” 

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty-Thomas Jefferson

Charity begins at home and so does responsibility.