I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
INDIRA GANDHIOne must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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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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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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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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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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