Ability is not always gauged by examination.
INDIRA GANDHIThe meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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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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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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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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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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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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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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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I don’t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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