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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

Indira Gandhi

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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Death Life Philosophy Yourself
As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Nation
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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Eyes Mother Oppression Rage Woman
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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Courage Opportunity Perseverance
People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Hands Inspirational Life People Women
what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Needs Popularity Right Wise
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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Feeling Future Social Weakness Young
That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
INDIRA GANDHI

Action Necessary Philosophy
Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Change Design Pioneers Rebel
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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Game Politics
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Ourselves Patriot Starve
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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Blessing Children Investment Religious
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Change Defeat Mindset Victory World
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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Change Poverty
Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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Life Myself One Liner Process
How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
INDIRA GANDHI

Afford Nation

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