To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
INDIRA GANDHIThere are only moments of happiness – from contentment to ecstacy.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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I’m trained to difficulties; difficulties can’t be eliminated from life.
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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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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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It’s not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn’t be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.
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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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I’ve never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don’t allow themselves any other activities.
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I learned very soon to get along by myself.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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It’s the same story as when we nationalized the banks. I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.
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There is not love where there is no will.
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