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.
INDIRA GANDHIRebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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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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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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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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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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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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