On the occasion of the Indian Parliament completing 60 years, as quoted in " Democracy is behind our growing global stature says PM", ABP Live (13 May 2012)
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The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation. Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world’s largest democracy.

— Arun Jaitley

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The last 60 years have seen collapse of many democracies. For a poor country, it is more difficult to sustain a democracy. From poverty, we have come to being a developing nation. Not only did we survive, we have the distinction of becoming world’s largest democracy." in the context of "On the occasion of the Indian Parliament completing 60 years, as quoted in " Democracy is behind our growing global stature says PM", ABP Live (13 May 2012)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Arun Jaitley

About Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 - 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the Minister of Law from 2000 to 2002. On 26 May 2014, he was appointed the Finance Minister of India.