We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHIWhenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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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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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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