I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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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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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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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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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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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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