I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
INDIRA GANDHIOpportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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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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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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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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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 refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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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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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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