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.
INDIRA GANDHIIn all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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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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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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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.
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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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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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