The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
INDIRA GANDHILet’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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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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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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