The following are some of the quotes my husband used in his letters. These seem to have made no
impact on the Head of Bureaucracy.
“Today my Secretary can write a note opposed to my views. I have given that freedom to all
my Secretaries. I have told them, ‘If you do not give your honest opinion for fear that it will displease your Minister,
please then, you had better go.’ I will never be displeased over a frank expression of opinion
-Sardar Patel’s advice
to Secretaries:
Conscience is the light of the Soul that
burns within the chambers of our psychological heart. It is as real as life is. It raises the voice in protest whenever anything
is thought of or done contrary to the righteousness. Conscience is a form of truth that has been transferred through our genetic
stock in the form of the knowledge of our own acts and feelings as right or wrong.
A virtuous and courageous person can alone
use the instrument of conscience. He or she can alone hear the inner voice of the soul clearly. In a wicked person this faculty
is absent. The sensitive nature of his / her conscience has been destroyed by sin or corruption. Hence he or she is unable
to discriminate right from wrong. Those who are leading organizations, business enterprises, institutions and governments
should develop this virtue of the ability to use their own conscience. This wisdom of using the clean conscience will enable
them to enjoy the freedom.
- Dr APJ Kalam, President of India given during the inauguration of the seminar on “THE EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON GOOD
GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS
I firmly believe
that we must set personal standards of integrity as public servants and the message should flow from the top downwards and
not the other way round.
Extract from PM's speech
at the foundation stone laying ceremony of CBI Head Office building January 18, 2006
