For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
INDIRA GANDHIPolitics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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