Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
INDIRA GANDHIMankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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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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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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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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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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It’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.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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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.
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