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.
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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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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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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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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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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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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 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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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