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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

Indira Gandhi

The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Company Life Need Young
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Care Danger Friendship Generosity Help
The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Ideas Myself
Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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Appreciate Diversity Endurance Justice Logic
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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Democracy River Women
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
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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People Politics Remember Right Rights
That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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Action Necessary Philosophy
My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Father Saint
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.
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Death Fight Mother Time
Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Faith Inspirational Summer
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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Courage Opportunity Perseverance
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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Bravery Forgiveness History Virtue
There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Contentment Happiness Moments
The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Born Control
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Change Design Pioneers Rebel

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