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 GANDHINothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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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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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.
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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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I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.
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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women’s movements of the time; she stirred up a lot of revolts. She was a great woman, a great figure. Women today would like her immensely.
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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.
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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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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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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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