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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.

Indira Gandhi

Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Country Freedom
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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People Politics Remember Right Rights
It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
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Feeling Future Social Weakness Young
The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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Difficult Future Scare
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Change Design Pioneers Rebel
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 GANDHI

Age Class Education Force Liberty
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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Father Ideas Mindset
You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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Death Life Philosophy Yourself
The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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Believe Hope Life Purpose
I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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Job Mom Perfection
In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Community Understand Yourself
I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Learning Myself
Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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Life Myself One Liner Process
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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Children Understand Victim Woman
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Ability Examination
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHI

Funny Himself Kind Leadership Success

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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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