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 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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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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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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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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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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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