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.
INDIRA GANDHITo be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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Difficulties 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.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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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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Without 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.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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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 meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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The 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.
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