I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
INDIRA GANDHIWe always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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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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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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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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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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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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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.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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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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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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