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.
INDIRA GANDHIThere is not love where there is no will.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
-
-
That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
INDIRA GANDHI -
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.
INDIRA GANDHI -
in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
INDIRA GANDHI -
Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
INDIRA GANDHI -
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.
INDIRA GANDHI -
As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
INDIRA GANDHI -
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 -
Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
INDIRA GANDHI -
My father was a saint. I’m not.
INDIRA GANDHI -
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
INDIRA GANDHI -
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.
INDIRA GANDHI -
Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
INDIRA GANDHI -
Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
INDIRA GANDHI -
I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
INDIRA GANDHI -
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
INDIRA GANDHI