I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
INDIRA GANDHIRebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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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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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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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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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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In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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