out these necessary processes, so a country can not prosper without export and import. And not only do railways promote trade,
but they serve the purpose of circulation; and what circulation
of blood is to the system, that railways are to the prosperity and
growth of a country. If the part of the body does not share in the
circulation, of course that part of body suffers from atrophy or
paralysis; so also if the two parts of a country are not connected by the communication, the result is that one part must
suffer.”
(From his speech delivered in the year 1913 in the Central Legislature inploring for laying railway lines in the interior parts of Orissa , connecting Orissa with other parts of the country.)
Annihilation of self
“When a man is a representative, he represent not his wishes,
but the wishes of those, the wants of those, the rights of those,
who elected him as their representative. Very often people when
they get a representation in local bodies or even in a council
chamber seem to lose sight of the fact that as soon as they accept the representative position, there self is annihilated. They
must fight for the rights of others. That is the beginning of selfgovernment. When a man comes in as a representative, first of
all he has to govern himself. He must say to himself; my wish is
nothing, my wants are nothing, my demands are nothing, first
of all, all that is mine must be postponed to what belongs to my
electors, my rights must yield to what is within the rights of
those whom I represent.”
(From his speech delivered on 27-7-1921 in the Bihar Legislative Council on the responsibilities assigned to the elected representatives of the local bodies.)