It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
INDIRA GANDHINow I don’t get upset by unpleasant things, I don’t play the victim, and I’m always ready to come to terms with life.
More Indira Gandhi Quotes
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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In 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.
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Life is always full of dangers and I don’t think one should avoid dangers.
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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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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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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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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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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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The future doesn’t frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.
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The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn’t mean I’m indoctrinated.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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When I was young, I was very selfish, now not any more.
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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.
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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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