We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
INDIRA GANDHIThe fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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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 cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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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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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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The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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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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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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