what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
INDIRA GANDHIEvery democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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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.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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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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