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 GANDHIAs 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 GANDHINow 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.
INDIRA GANDHII cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHIThe 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.
INDIRA GANDHINever forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
INDIRA GANDHII fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
INDIRA GANDHIEven 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.
INDIRA GANDHITo me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
INDIRA GANDHITo 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.
INDIRA GANDHIWithout peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
INDIRA GANDHIDifficulties 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.
INDIRA GANDHIMankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
INDIRA GANDHILet’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
INDIRA GANDHII have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
INDIRA GANDHIPopularity is not a gurantee of quality.
INDIRA GANDHIThe purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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