Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
INDIRA GANDHIEducation is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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You 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.
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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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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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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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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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