I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
INDIRA GANDHIAbility is not always gauged by examination.
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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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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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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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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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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.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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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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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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