Popular Quotes by Lal Bahadur Shastri 

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

True democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.

We all have to work in our respective spheres with the same dedication, the same zeal and the same determination which inspired and motivated the warrior on the battle front. And this has to be shown not by mere words, but by actual deeds.

The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.

That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.

Success in science and scientific work come not through the provision of unlimited or big resources, but in the wise and careful selection of problems and objectives. Above all, what is required is hard sustained work and dedication.

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.

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.