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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.

Indira Gandhi

When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
INDIRA GANDHI

Selfish Young
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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Father Ideas Mindset
The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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Enemy Ultimate
Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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Art Politics Power
There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Contentment Happiness Moments
As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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Believe Nation
The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Company Life Need Young
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Ability Examination
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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People Politics Remember Right Rights
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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Game Politics
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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Democracy River Women
When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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Complaint Impossible People Resistance Selfish
In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Community Understand Yourself
To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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Enjoyment Mother Sacrifice
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Change Defeat Mindset Victory World

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