All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
INDIRA GANDHIwhat is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Difficulties can’t be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them. The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It’s all right to fight, yes, but only when it’s possible.
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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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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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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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