My father was a saint. I’m not.
INDIRA GANDHI
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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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