The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
INDIRA GANDHIYou soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
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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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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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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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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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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.
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