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17 quotes by Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai (29 Feb 1896 – 10 April 1995), was a notable Indian independence activist and the fifth Prime Minister of India from 1977 - 1979. He was also the first Prime Minister to head India's first non-Congress Government. He held many important posts in the Government of India such as: Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India. At foreign fronts, Desai holds international fame for...
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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 consideration for other... →

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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 find people, who are vegetarians, are... →

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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 to life.

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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 believe that God is the... →

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

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

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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.

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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 animals. But man's... →

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

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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, and what is the real purpose of his... →

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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, and therefore vegetarian food has got to... →

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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 if he wants to live at the cost of others.

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

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