New Delhi: Lal Bahadur Shastri, India’s second Prime Minister is one of the popular icons of India’s freedom struggle against British rule. January 11 marks the death anniversary of the influential leader who is famous for his slogan "Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" at the time of the 1965 war.
Shastri took over as the second prime minister of the country after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in May 1964.
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Here are inspirational quotes by Lal Bahadur Shastri; that resonate even today.

  1. We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.

  2. 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.

  3. We must fight for peace bravely as we fought in war.

  4. We can win respect in the world only if we are strong internally and can banish poverty and unemployment from our country.

  5. The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.

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

  7. It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed today for making nuclear weapons.

  8. There comes a time in the life of every nation when it stands at the crossroads of history and must choose which way to go.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.