Good Society
English book, p. 613
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
anything keeping the result before them; that their way will be one of impartiality; that while pressing their demands they will also be willing to concede that while taking from others they will also be willing to give. Dialogue is not a meeting of rivalry but is a brotherly meeting. Such noble tasks are performed by rising above the defeat-victory psychology. Its aim is to solve the matter and not confound it. The feeling at work behind a dialogue is one of reconciliation and not one of rivalry. Dialogue means an attempt to solve the controversial matter through negotiation rather than through confrontation If a dialogue is started with this spirit, its success is certain. The door to the progress of our country is shut for about half a century. And a dialogue keeping this spirit in view can surely open the closed door provided it is conducted with true spirit. (211:7)

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