I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
INDIRA GANDHIDacca is now the free capital of a free country.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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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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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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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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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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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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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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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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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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