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To 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.

Indira Gandhi

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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Cancer Father Live People
My father was a saint. I’m not.
INDIRA GANDHI

Father Saint
The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
INDIRA GANDHI

Developing Helping Nations
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Cure Injustice Story
In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
INDIRA GANDHI

Community Understand Yourself
Let’s not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.
INDIRA GANDHI

Forget Goddess Strength
Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.
INDIRA GANDHI

Brave One Liner Virtue
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Father Mother Personality
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Blood Death Life Mind Myself Nation Service
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 GANDHI

Acceptance Country Difficult Fight Life Right
My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
INDIRA GANDHI

Liberty Men Theory Woman
I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
INDIRA GANDHI

Fall In Love Myself
A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
INDIRA GANDHI

Freedom Nation Strength
It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
INDIRA GANDHI

Feeling Future Social Weakness Young
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.
INDIRA GANDHI

Birth Control Mean Men
The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
INDIRA GANDHI

Believe Hope Life Purpose

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