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.
INDIRA GANDHIRebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
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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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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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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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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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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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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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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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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