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Ability is not always gauged by examination.

Indira Gandhi

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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Cure Injustice Story
Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
INDIRA GANDHI

Danger Myself Thinking
We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHI

Ourselves Patriot Starve
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
INDIRA GANDHI

Money Motivational Oneself
The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
INDIRA GANDHI

Human Inspirational Leadership Life Progress
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Blood Death Life People Strength
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Achievement Beginning Dream End Thinking Yourself
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Feeling Future Social Weakness Young
My father was a saint. I’m not.
INDIRA GANDHI

Father Saint
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
INDIRA GANDHI

Atheist Eat Existence Memorable Women
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Father Mother Personality
People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
INDIRA GANDHI

People Politics Remember Right Rights
Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
INDIRA GANDHI

Age Class Education Force Liberty
Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
INDIRA GANDHI

Care Danger Friendship Generosity Help
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Different Intellectual Mind Philosophy Practice

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