Indira Gandhi Quotes
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There is not love where there is no will.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.
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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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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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I don't think my father was my mentor.
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I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
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I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.
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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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The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
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A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.
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There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
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I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.
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The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
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I have lived a long life, and I am proud that I spend the whole of my life in the service of my people. I am only proud of this and nothing else. 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.