To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
INDIRA GANDHIin today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage – courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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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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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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To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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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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