At the stroke of the midnight hour, while the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Said just prior to the moment of India's independence from the British Empire.

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Topic

India Post-colonialism Political independence

Author

Jawaharlal Nehru

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1947 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Anti-colonial activist National leader Politician

From

India Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Nehru, Jawaharlal. "Tryst with Destiny." Indian Constituent Assembly. 14 Aug. 1947, New Delhi, India. Speech.

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Laissez faire does not mean: Let soulless mechanical forces operate. It means: Let each individual choose how he wants to cooperate in the social division of labor; let the consumers determine what the entrepreneurs should produce. Planning means: Let the government alone choose and enforce its rulings by the apparatus of coercion and compulsion.

Ludwig von Mises

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics

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Free market Capitalism

Author

Ludwig von Mises
Source
Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
Genre
Economical literature Political literature
Language
English
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Von Mises, Ludwig. Human Action: A Treatise on Economics. Yale University Press, 1949, ch. 27.