Jai Prakash Narayan Quotes

People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word.

True politics is about promotion of human happiness.

It [Communism] did not offer an answer to the question: Why should a man be good?

. I'm not a reckless person, in the sense that I wouldn't do something that's reckless or dangerous, because I'm a pretty careful person. For example, I don't snow ski. I did it once, and I promised God I'd never do it again if I lived through it.

My interest is not in the capture of power, but in the control of power by the people.

Democracy cannot be made secure and strong without peace. Peace and democracy are the two sides of a coin. Neither of them can survive without the other.

I did Polyester, and I don't regret one minute of it. It was wonderful.

Lincoln discovered Generals Grant and Sherman. Roosevelt had Eisenhower and Bradley. I found David Petraeus and Ray Odierno.

Health is so important now, it's ridiculous - the body has become frightening, this thing that will kill you if you don't keep really healthy. The body is the enemy now.

If we do not fight to create a future there will be no future for any of us.

He was just an idea - a collection of responsibilities with a mailing address.

I'm not unattractive, but I'm not a matinee idol. I think I have a very non-threatening look - I'm fine, I'm right in the middle.

When we understand the needs that motivate our own and others behavior, we have no enemies.