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 GANDHINothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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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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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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