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.
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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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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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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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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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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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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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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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 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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I 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.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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