I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHII cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHIThe meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
INDIRA GANDHIDifficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
INDIRA GANDHIIt’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.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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.
INDIRA GANDHIHow can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
INDIRA GANDHIThe immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHIThere is not love where there is no will.
INDIRA GANDHIPolitics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
INDIRA GANDHIMankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
INDIRA GANDHIThe old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
INDIRA GANDHILife is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
INDIRA GANDHIWomen sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
INDIRA GANDHIIt is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
INDIRA GANDHIWithout 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.
INDIRA GANDHILet’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
INDIRA GANDHI