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Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength.
Stafford Cripps / Politician
Country
Economic
Foundation
Economic Strength
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It is fundamental to Socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can.
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Empires
Fundamentals
Socialism
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We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties.
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Intensity
Long
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Violent statements and threats cannot provide a solution to the problem. They can only exacerbate feeling and make a clash of forces inevitable.
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Clash
Feelings
Idaho
Inevitable
Problem
Statements
Exacerbate
Forces
Provide
Solution
Threats
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Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.
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British
British Government
Chaos
Confusion
Differences
Indian
Mean
Among
Asked
Leave
Gandhi
Walk
Indian People
Settle
Themselves
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Reasoned arguments and suggestions which make allowance for the full difficulties of the state of war that exists may help, and will always be listened to with respect and sympathy.
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Sympathy
War
Allowance
May
Suggestions
Difficulties
Exists
Listened
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It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are as determined upon self-government for India as they are themselves.
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Government
British
Determined
India
Indian
Late
People
Self
Self-government
Too Late
Assure
British People
Indian People
Ordered
Rapid
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Apart altogether from our own vital interests, we cannot and must not desert those other nations who have already gone through so much tragedy and suffering to defeat the evil designs of the Axis powers.
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Design
Axes
Defeat
Desert
Evil
Nations
Tragedy
Altogether
Apart
Axis
Interests
Powers
Vital
We Cannot
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Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these troops might remain by agreement with some new Indian Government.
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Agreement
British
Chinese
Continuance
Effort
Indian
Troops
Efforts
Gandhi
Recently
Remain
Suggested
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We have pledged ourselves, and of this the United Nations of the world are witness, to give the fullest opportunity for attainment of self-government by India as soon as hostilities are over. I repeat that that is beyond doubt.
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Opportunity
Government
Attainment
Doubt
Nations
Self
Self-government
United Nations
Witness
Fullest
Pledged
Repeat
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We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment.
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War
Be Patient
Delay
Impossible
India
Patient
Short Time
Cause
Complete
Short
Fought
Great Masses
Longer
Masses
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No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives of large sections of Indian opinion have expressly warned us that we must not do so.
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Government
British
British Government
Chaos
Disorder
Giving
India
Indian
Representatives
Sections
Government Must Will
Expressly
Indeed
Threats
Warned
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But it is a fallacy, if one is examining the methods by which security can be attained, to start upon the assumption, as so many hon. Members do, that we get security by an increase of air armaments or an increase of any other form of armaments.
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Air
Assumption
Increase
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Many hard comments have been made on my efforts in India from the side of the Congress party, yet I feel content in the deep conviction that the offer I traveled 22,000 miles to discuss with Indian leaders was a real contribution to a solution of our differences.
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Congress
Differences
Indian
Miles
Party
Real
Traveled
Content
Comments
Deep Conviction
Discuss
Efforts
Solution
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India has indeed a great and free future before her, in which she can make her special contribution to the well-being of mankind. The first and indispensable part of that contribution is to work with the United Nations for the defeat of fascism and of brutal aggression.
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Aggression
Being Free
Brutal
Contribution
Defeat
Fascism
Firsts
Indispensable
Mankind
Nations
Special
United Nations
Well Being
Indeed
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Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription being proposed or introduced. Thus would be provided a most favourable political platform upon which to fight the National Government.
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Government
Effort
Fighting
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