My father was a saint. I’m not.
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.
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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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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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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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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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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It 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.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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