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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.

Indira Gandhi

In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
INDIRA GANDHI

Community Understand Yourself
Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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Ability Examination
I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Fall In Love Myself
My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Father Saint
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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Growth Peace People Poor Prosperity Rich
The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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Believe Hope Life Purpose
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
I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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Unity World
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
in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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Country Independent Philosophy World
The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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Difficult Future Scare
Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Defeat Pain Victory
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
Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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Eyes Mother Oppression Rage Woman
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Birth Control Mean Men

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