I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
INDIRA GANDHIUntil 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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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.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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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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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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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.
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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