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.
INDIRA GANDHIThere exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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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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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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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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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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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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