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

Indira Gandhi

I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
INDIRA GANDHI

Job Mom Perfection
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
INDIRA GANDHI

Democracy River Women
Difficulties 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 GANDHI

Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
INDIRA GANDHI

Money Motivational Oneself
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
INDIRA GANDHI

Care Danger Friendship Generosity Help
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Blood Death Life Mind Myself Nation Service
Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
INDIRA GANDHI

Art Politics Power
Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
INDIRA GANDHI

Country Freedom
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
INDIRA GANDHI

Brave One Liner Virtue
Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
INDIRA GANDHI

Eyes Mother Oppression Rage Woman
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Life Play Upset Victim
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Death Fight Mother Time
As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Nation
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHI

Ourselves Patriot Starve
The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
INDIRA GANDHI

Born Control
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

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