The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
INDIRA GANDHIWithout 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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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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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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Now I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
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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.
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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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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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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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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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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger well, one must risk the danger.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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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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You soon realize that the peak you’ve climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb And the more you climb, the more you want to climb – even though you’re dead tired.
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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.
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