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.
INDIRA GANDHITo bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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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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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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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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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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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 be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.
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When it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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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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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
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