Джавахарлал Неру цитаты
Джавахарлал Неру
Дата рождения: 14. Ноябрь 1889
Дата смерти: 27. Май 1964
Джавахарла́л Не́ру — индийский государственный и политический деятель. Один из самых видных политических деятелей мира, был лидером левого крыла индийского национально-освободительного движения. Под наставничеством Махатмы Ганди стал председателем Индийского национального конгресса, а в дальнейшем, после обретения страной независимости 15 августа 1947 года, — первым премьер-министром Индии. Оставался на этом посту вплоть до 27 мая 1964 года, когда умер от сердечного приступа. Отец Индиры Ганди и дед Раджива Ганди, которые были третьим и седьмым премьер-министрами Индии соответственно.
Вступив в должность премьер-министра, во внешней политике Неру занял нейтральную позицию, подразумевающую независимость Индии как от западного, так и от восточного блоков. Ввиду этого он вместе с Гамалом Абдель Насером и Иосипом Брозом Тито принял участие в трёхсторонних консультациях, предшествовавших созданию Движения неприсоединения, объединяющего страны с экономикой, значительно отличающейся от либерального капитализма и советского этатизма. Однако впоследствии он признал, что нейтральная позиция по отношению к международному коммунизму, проводящему агрессивную экспансионистскую политику, была малоэффективна. Нападение Китая на Индию заставило его сблизиться со странами НАТО и отказаться от нейтралитета.
Во внутренней политике Неру был активным сторонником дирижизма, признавая при этом частную инициативу как основной функциональный двигатель для гармоничного экономического и социального развития.
Цитаты Джавахарлал Неру
„We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.“
As quoted in Building A Life Of Value : Timeless Wisdom to Inspire and Empower Us (2005) by Jason A. Merchey, p. 74
„Most of us seldom take the trouble to think.“
The Unity of India : Collected Writings, 1937-1940 (1942), p. 94
Контексте: Most of us seldom take the trouble to think. It is a troublesome and fatiguing process and often leads to uncomfortable conclusions. But crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
„In times of crisis it is not unnatural for those who are involved in it deeply to regard calm objectivity in others as irrational, short-sighted, negative, unreal or even unmanly.“
Speech at Columbia University (1949); published in Speeches 1949 - 1953 p. 402; as quoted in Sources of Indian Tradition (1988) by Stephen Hay, p. 350
Контексте: In times of crisis it is not unnatural for those who are involved in it deeply to regard calm objectivity in others as irrational, short-sighted, negative, unreal or even unmanly. But I should like to make it clear that the policy India has sought to pursue is not a negative and neutral policy. It is a positive and vital policy that flows from our struggle for freedom and from the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Peace is not only an absolute necessity for us in India in order to progress and develop but also of paramount importance to the world. How can that peace be preserved? Not by surrendering to aggression, not by compromising with evil or injustice but also not by the talking and preparing for war! Aggression has to be met, for it endangers peace. At the same time, the lesson of the past two wars has to be remembered and it seems to me astonishing that, in spite of that lesson, we go the same way. The very processes of marshaling the world into two hostile camps precipitates the conflict that it had sought to avoid. It produces a sense of terrible fear and that fear darkens men's minds and leads them to wrong courses. There is perhaps nothing so bad and so dangerous in life as fear. As a great President of the United States said, there is nothing really to fear except fear itself.
„The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light.“
The Light Has Gone Out (1948)
Контексте: The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. The light that has illumined this country for these many years will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later, that light will be seen in this country and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts. For that light represented something more than the immediate past, it represented the living, the eternal truths, reminding us of the right path, drawing us from error, taking this ancient country to freedom.
„Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse.“
As quoted in The New York Times (15 January 1961), and in Lifetime Speaker's Encyclopedia (1962) by Jacob Morton Braude, p. 173
Контексте: Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.
