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.
INDIRA GANDHIWe would rather starve than sell our national honor.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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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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There is not love where there is no will.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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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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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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The sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.
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