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dated September 29, 1954: PM's advice to pressmen

Prime Minister Nehru told foreign correspondents in New Delhi on September 28 that tolerance was the essential quality of the democratic way of life. Speaking at a luncheon given in his honour by the Foreign Correspondents Association, Mr. Nehru stressed the need for understanding and tolerance and said, "We have arrived at a stage when it does seem very important that we should understand at least that the other fellow has a point of view. While one might perhaps presume sometimes to judge an individual, it was dangerous to judge a people or to condemn them or to praise them too much either. Many of you are in Delhi and you watch the play of various forces here, political, social and economic, and you have considerable opportunities of observing and understanding much more than the busy politician here. I would suggest you try to get at the back of the mind of the other party. There is so much to be seen and you can make your choice. In a country like India, you can choose very easily the evil or smelly parts of it or you can choose other things, which have made the country worthwhile to those here, and, may be, to others too. Or, you can have both as far as you can. It depends so much on your own mental approach and what you are interested in and what you are not interested in and what you have been previously conditioned by and how far you are receptive."

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