Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
INDIRA GANDHIThe future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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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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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 fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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We 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.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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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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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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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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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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