I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
INDIRA GANDHIIn any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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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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We would rather starve than sell our national honor.
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Just when you think you’ve achieved something, you realize you’ve achieved nothing. And still you have to go forward just the same – toward a dream so distant that your road has neither beginning nor end.
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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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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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Ability is not always gauged by examination.
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I have certain objectives. They’re the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.
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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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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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Life is a continuous process of adjustment.
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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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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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Women sometimes go too far, it’s true. But it’s only when you go too far that others listen.
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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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