Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
INDIRA GANDHITo 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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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.
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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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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
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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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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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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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In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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