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 GANDHII’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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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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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Education 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.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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