I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
INDIRA GANDHIAbility is not always gauged by examination.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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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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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 sterilization of men is one method of birth control. The surest, most radical method. To you it seems dreadful. To me it seems that, properly applied, it’s by no means dreadful.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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