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The youth of the country, who are the most potent force in building India to progress and in preserving its unity, have to be shown the right example and given the right lead. A spirit of self-introspection and dedication to national well-being will make us all go along the right path.
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A democratic government can gain strength and vitality only by constant scrutiny and the genuine fear that it may be thrown out of a vigilant public opinion.
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I am more at home at an assembly like this than sitting inside the splendor of the Rashtrapathi Bhavan or Raj Bhavans.
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Education is the principal tool of socio-economic development and unless all societies are provided with right type of education, adequate in quality and quantity, it will not be possible to tackle satisfactorily the problem of ignorance of health and poverty which afflicts the majority of human beings in the world.
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It is essential condition to maintain mutual trust and confidence between the employer and the employee to obtain the goal of rapid economic development and social justice.
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It is the power to combine that labour has the most effective safeguard against exploitation and the only lasting security against inhuman conditions.
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The problems of hunger and food, unemployment, a growing and crushing price rise in the commodities needed for one's day-today subsistence have naturally found angry expressions, sometimes violent expression in many parts of the country. Corruption and falling standard in administration and public life have added to their dimension.
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I am conscious of my shortcomings, but I have always tried as an honest worker to a do a job to the best of my ability and judgment.
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Unemployment is the problem of problems which has made our youths naxalites. Educated youth are deprived of all deserving comforts and their growing discontent has given scope for the sppedy growth of naxalism.
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I have not permitted my constitutional niceties in the way of my free functioning in public…given frank expression to views concerning administration so often.
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The destiny of India is the destiny of the masses of the vast population that inhabit this country, and every citizen has a meaningful role in shaping that destiny. There is a sacred duty cast on all of us – not written down in laws, but which is inherent – that we stand by this commitment.
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The parliamentary system is the most responsive and responsible system of government. Let us not allow it to go into disuse.
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V. V. Giri
Born:
August 10, 1894
Died:
June 23, 1980
(aged 85)
Bio:
Varahagiri Venkata Giri, commonly known as V. V. Giri, was the fourth President of the Republic of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974.
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