The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
INDIRA GANDHI
Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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