We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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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.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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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.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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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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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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