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.
INDIRA GANDHIThe meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out in the doli, a kind of closed sedan chair like a catafalque. My mother always told me about these things with bitterness and rage.
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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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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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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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