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Man not finished until he quits, says Nitin Gadkari while citing Nixon

Citing Richard Nixon, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said a person is not finished when he is defeated but he is finished when he quits

Hajipur: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari during inauguration the eastern flank of the reconstructed 39- year old Mahatma Gandhi (MG) bridge over the River Ganga, in Hajipur, Tuesday, June. 7, 2022. (PTI Photo)(

Press Trust of India Nagpur

Citing Richard Nixon, Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said a person is not finished when he is defeated but he is finished when he quits.

He was addressing a gathering of entrepreneurs here.

He also said human relationship is the biggest strength for anybody who is in business, social work or politics.

"Hence, one should never indulge in use and throw. Be it good days or bad days, once you hold anyone's hand, always hold on to it. Do not worship the rising sun," said the BJP leader, who was recently in news when he was dropped from his party's parliamentary board.

 

Gadkari recalled that when he was a student leader, Congress leader Shrikant Jichkar had asked him to join the Congress for better future.

"I told Shrikant, I would die by jumping into a well but won't join Congress, because I don't like the ideology of the Congress party," the Union minister said.

Young entrepreneurs should remember the sentence from the autobiography of former US president Richard Nixon that the man is not finished when he is defeated but he is finished when he quits, Gadkari said.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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First Published: Aug 28 2022 | 8:14 AM IST

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