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.
INDIRA GANDHIMy father was a saint. I’m not.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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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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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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