My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHIYou don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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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.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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