The Idea

The Idea

• "No Nation is great or good, because Parliament enacts this or that, but because its men are great and good"
• "Men, men, these are wanted, everything else will be ready, but strong, vigorous, believing young men, sincere to the backbone, are wanted. A hundred such and the world will become revolutionized. So make men first"
• When there are real men, how long will it take to drive away famines etc., from the land?
• Does man make laws, or do laws make man? Does man make money or money makes man? Be a man first and all things will follow.
• Suppose the government gives you all you need, where are the men who will be able to keep up the things demanded? So make men first
• It is best to work among the youth in who lies our hope
• Be and make, let this be our motto

From these and other similar ideas of Swami Vivekananda, the Mahamandal has been working in Visakhapatnam since 1988 under the guidelines of Akhil Bharat Vivekananda Yuva Mahamandal, Kolkota