Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
INDIRA GANDHIUntil 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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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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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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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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