The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
INDIRA GANDHIEven 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.
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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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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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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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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As a nation, I believe we’ve acquired faith in ourselves.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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My father was a saint. I’m not.
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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 it’s impossible, it’s better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.
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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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