I learned very soon to get along by myself.
INDIRA GANDHII learned very soon to get along by myself.
INDIRA GANDHISometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
INDIRA GANDHIMuslim 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.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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 GANDHIAll my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
INDIRA GANDHIFor me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
INDIRA GANDHIEven 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.
INDIRA GANDHIWhenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
INDIRA GANDHIIt’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 GANDHIin today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
INDIRA GANDHIThe immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHIThe fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
INDIRA GANDHIThe meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
INDIRA GANDHIHow can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
INDIRA GANDHII cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
INDIRA GANDHIIt’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.
INDIRA GANDHI