Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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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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 theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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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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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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It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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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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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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