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.
INDIRA GANDHIA nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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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 don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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