My father was a saint. I’m not.
INDIRA GANDHIMy father was a saint. I’m not.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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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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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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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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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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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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