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.
INDIRA GANDHIThe fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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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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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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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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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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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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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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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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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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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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