Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
INDIRA GANDHII don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
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Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.
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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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To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.
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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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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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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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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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I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.
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In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.
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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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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.
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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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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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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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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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The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.
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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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Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.
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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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