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Morarji Desai

(1896–1995) Politician Dominion of India

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Morarji Desai was a politician from Dominion of India, best known for Patrālāpa.

Quick Facts About Morarji Desai

Born: February 29, 1896
Died: April 10, 1995
Nationality: Dominion of India
Profession: Politician
Notable works: Patrālāpa

About Morarji Desai

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the prime minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as the chief minister of Bombay State, the home minister, the finance minister, and the deputy prime minister.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bharat Ratna

Quotes by Morarji Desai

Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.

Certain

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Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself…

Depends

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For those who believe in God the matter is simpler still and clearly than anything else: because those who believe in God…

Anything

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We should propagate the values of vegetarianism.

Should

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An expert gives an objective view. He gives his own view.

Goals

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I do not say that one who is vegetarian is full of compassion and one who is not, is otherwise. We sometimes…

Bad people

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I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.

Animal

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If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane…

Cost

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It is, therefore, a fact that anybody who wants to realise Truth or who wants to be humane, must follow non-violent ways…

Able

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You are quite correct in saying that I banned the export of monkeys on a humanitarian basis and not because the number…

Banned

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I believe in preventing cruelty to all living beings in any form.

Believe

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One can't be kind to one person and cruel to another.

Be kind

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Therefore, vegetarianism alone can give us the quality of com-passion, which distinguishes man from the rest of the animal world.

Animal

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All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

Achieve

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As long as man eats animals how can cruelty to animals be removed.

Animals

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One has got to choose between the two evils, also between the lesser of the two evils in the matter of food,…

Food

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Society at present suffers far more from waste of money than from want of it. There is dignity in every attempt to…

Character

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From this it follows that con-sideration for other persons or for other living beings is very vital for goodness and want of…

Being selfish

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I do not want to go into its physical reasons: the construction of the human body is different from that of carnivorous…

Body

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In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be,…

Ages

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The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one.

Ancient

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