To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
INDIRA GANDHINever forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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