Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
INDIRA GANDHIAs a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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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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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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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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I fall in love with anything I do and I always try to do it well.
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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 power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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You don’t help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.
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That’s always been my philosophy. – I’ve never thought of the consequences of a necessary action.
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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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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.
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