ASnCkA Ck Ak1nASnAS1kA INDIA'S ICkLIGN CLIC

Consider again and again the following: the right time, the right friends, the right place, the right
means of income, the right ways of spending, and from whom you derive your power.
1he flrsL Lhlng ls Lo fosLer Lhe sLrengLh of Lhe emplre by [usL leglslaLlon and economy aL home Lhereby
produclng Lwo of Lhe greaL elemenLs of naLlonal powernamely wealLh whlch ls a physlcalelemenL and
unlon and conLenLmenL whlch are moral elemenLs and Lo reserve Lhe sLrengLh of Lhe emplre Lo
reserve Lhe expendlLure of LhaL sLrengLh for greaL and worLhy occaslons abroad Pere ls my flrsL
prlnclple of lorelgn pollcy good governmenL aL home
1he Lhlrd sound prlnclple ls Lo sLrlve Lo culLlvaLe and malnLaln Lo Lhe very uLLermosL whaL ls called Lhe
unlLy of Asla Lo keep Lhe powers of Asla ln unlon LogeLher 8ecause by keeplng all ln unlon LogeLher you
neuLrallze and feLLer blnd up Lhe selflsh alms of each
My fourLh prlnclple ls LhaL you should avold needless and enLangllng engagemenLs ?ou may boasL
abouL Lhem you may brag abouL Lhem you may lay you are procurlng conslderaLlon for Lhe counLry 8uL
whaL does all Lhls come Lo genLlemen lL comes Lo Lhls LhaL you are lncreaslng your engagemenLs
wlLhouL lncreaslng your sLrengLh ?ou dlmlnlsh sLrengLh you abollsh sLrengLh ?ou render lL less capable
of performlng lLs duLles you render lL an lnherlLance less preclous Lo hand Lo our fuLure generaLlons
llfLh prlnclple 1o acknowledge Lhe equal rlghLs of all naLlons
And LhaL slxLh ls 1haL ln my oplnlon forelgn pollcy sub[ecL Lo all Lhe llmlLaLlons LhaL l have descrlbed
Lhe forelgn pollcy of lndla should always be lnsplred by Lhe love of freedom 1here should be sympaLhy
wlLh freedom a deslre Lo glve lL scope founded noL upon vlslonary ldeas buL upon Lhe long experlence
of many generaLlons
1he forelgn pollcy adopLed by our governmenL soon afLer Lhe formaLlon of our presenL ConsLlLuLlon and
very generally pursued by successlve admlnlsLraLlons has been crowned wlLh almosL" compleLe
success and has elevaLed our characLer among Lhe naLlons of Lhe earLh

ur 8abasaheb Ambedkar preslded over and counseled wlLh greaL wlsdom Lhe convenLlon whlch framed
Lhe ConsLlLuLlon of lndla 1he consLlLuLlon gulded Lhe CovernmenL Lhrough lLs flrsL perllous years lL
developed dlgnlLy sLablllLy and honor ln common man's llfe llnally lL gave us Lhe greaL forelgn pollcy
under whlch we have llved and prospered and sLrengLhened for 64 years lL was Lhen and lL now ls an
lndlspensable parL of our whole scheme of governmenLlL ls Loday a vlLal lndlspensable elemenL ln our
enLlre planpurpose and mlsslon as a naLlon

1he ob[ecLlve of forelgn pollcy of lndla ls and musL always be Lhe malnLenance of peace lf however
peace ls Lo be endurlng lL musL resL on foundaLlons of frank reclproclLy and of muLual respecL
lL follows LhaL we musL be ready Lo negoLlaLe wlLh all counLrles whaLever Lhelr forms of governmenL ln
order Lo promoLe lnLernaLlonal undersLandlng 8uL we musL also be waLchful LhaL ln our concepLlon
of such negoLlaLlons and ln Lhe meLhod by whlch we seek Lo furLher Lhem we are ln facL
sLrengLhenlng noL undermlnlng Lhe foundaLlons on whlch lnLernaLlonal confldence resLs
%h. basis of a sound foreign policy, in this new age, for all the nations
here
-gathered,
is that: anytlting that -happens, no matter where or how,
which- menaces the peace 6f tl. world, or the economic stability, concerns
each and all of us.