The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
INDIRA GANDHIFor me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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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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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 cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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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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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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.
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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