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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

Indira Gandhi

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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Blessing Children Investment Religious
A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
INDIRA GANDHI

Freedom Nation Strength
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Growth Peace People Poor Prosperity Rich
You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
INDIRA GANDHI

Death Life Philosophy Yourself
People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
INDIRA GANDHI

Hands Inspirational Life People Women
Without 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 GANDHI

Different Intellectual Mind Philosophy Practice
I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHI

Patriot Proud Understand
Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
INDIRA GANDHI

Experiences Greatness Maturity Vision
The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Hope Life Purpose
You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
INDIRA GANDHI

Freedom Inspirational Learning Women
I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
INDIRA GANDHI

Children Understand Victim Woman
To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
INDIRA GANDHI

Capability Faith Oneself
When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
INDIRA GANDHI

Selfish Young
Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
INDIRA GANDHI

Deep Forget Silence
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
INDIRA GANDHI

Game Politics
There is not love where there is no will.
INDIRA GANDHI

Love Willing

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