“Every war waged by imperialist powers will be an imperialist…”

“Every war waged by imperialist powers will be an imperialist war whatever the excuses put forward; therefore we must keep out of it.”

— Jawaharlal Nehru

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Title: Wikiquote: Jawaharlal Nehru
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Context

At the Lucknow session of the Congress in April 1936, in his presidential address. Quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2018). Why I killed the Mahatma: Uncovering Godse's defence. New Delhi : Rupa, 2018.

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Nehru, Jawaharlal. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Jawaharlal Nehru. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru

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