We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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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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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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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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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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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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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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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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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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