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.
INDIRA GANDHIDifficulties 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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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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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.
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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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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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I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done.
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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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