To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice – I savored every minute of those years.
INDIRA GANDHIAs 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.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
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People with clenched fists can not shake hands.
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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 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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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.
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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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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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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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Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.
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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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