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.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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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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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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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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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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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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