in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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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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