When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
INDIRA GANDHIThe old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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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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In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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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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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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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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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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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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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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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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