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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Indira Gandhi

We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
INDIRA GANDHI

Evil Existance Justice Struggle
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Ability Examination
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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Capacity Enemy Liberty Men Personality
I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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Job Myself Talk
The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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Earth Peace
When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Selfish Young
To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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Blessing Children Investment Religious
I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Patriot Proud Understand
To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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Desire Function Politics
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Defeat Pain Victory
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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Age Class Education Force Liberty
in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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Country Independent Philosophy World
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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Cure Injustice Story
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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Age Beginning Myself Travel
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Ourselves Patriot Starve
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

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