Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
INDIRA GANDHIEvery new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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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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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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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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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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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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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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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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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