what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
INDIRA GANDHIThat’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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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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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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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 was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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