Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
INDIRA GANDHIMuslim 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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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