My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
INDIRA GANDHIAs a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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in today’s world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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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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The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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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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How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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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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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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance and courage.
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