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.
INDIRA GANDHIJust when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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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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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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