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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.

Indira Gandhi

A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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Freedom Nation Strength
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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Funny Himself Kind Leadership Success
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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Change Defeat Mindset Victory World
There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Contentment Happiness Moments
There is not love where there is no will.
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Love Willing
My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Father Saint
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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Danger Risk Thinking
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
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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Developing Helping Nations
what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Needs Popularity Right Wise
Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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Empowerment Listening True Woman
Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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Life Play Upset Victim
You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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Country Defeat Democracy Military
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.
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Blood Development Growth Independence Nation Patriot Strong
I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Learning Myself
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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Afford Nation
My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Liberty Men Theory Woman
I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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Blood Death Life Mind Myself Nation Service
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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Eyes Mother Oppression Rage Woman
Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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One Liner Popularity Quality
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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Different Intellectual Mind Philosophy Practice
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
I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Patriot Proud Understand
Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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Easy Worth
The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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Enemy Ultimate
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Care Danger Friendship Generosity Help
To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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Capability Faith Oneself

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