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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.

Indira Gandhi

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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Evil Existance Justice Struggle
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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Complaint Impossible People Resistance Selfish
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.
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Age Class Education Force Liberty
I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Learning Myself
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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Danger Risk Thinking
The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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Born Control
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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Courage Opportunity Perseverance
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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Blessing Children Investment Religious
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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Cure Injustice Story
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Defeat Pain Victory
Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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Life Myself One Liner Process
Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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Appreciate Diversity Endurance Justice Logic
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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Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
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
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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Change Poverty
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
Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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Art Politics Power
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Care Danger Friendship Generosity Help
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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Father Mother Personality
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Change Design Pioneers Rebel
Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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One Liner Popularity Quality
To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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Capability Faith Oneself
Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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Empowerment Listening True Woman
My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Father Saint
The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Ideas Myself
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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Bravery Forgiveness History Virtue
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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Afford Nation

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