People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
INDIRA GANDHIFor me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.
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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.
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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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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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There are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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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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As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it – otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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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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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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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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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
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