Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
INDIRA GANDHIWomen sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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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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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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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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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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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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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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