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.
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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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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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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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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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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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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