Indira Gandhi Quotes

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.

Indira Gandhi

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  • Small
  • Child
  • Advice