Indira Gandhi quotes

Indira Gandhi was an influential Indian politician and the first and only female Prime Minister of India. Known for her strong leadership, she played a key role in shaping modern India and navigating complex political challenges. She remains a powerful symbol of female empowerment and resilience in global politics. Here are 48 of her quotes:

My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not. (Indira Gandhi)
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. View quote
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. View quote
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. View quote
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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. View quote
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. View quote
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My theory is that men are no more liberated than women. View quote
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress. View quote
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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. View quote
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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. View quote
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There is not love where there is no will. (Indira Gandhi)
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. View quote
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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. View quote
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. View quote
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past. View quote
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All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangladesh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them. View quote
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India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. View quote
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Dacca is now the free capital of a free country. (Indira Gandhi)
Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. View quote
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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. View quote
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money. View quote
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Happiness is such a fleeting point of view-there's no such thing as continual happiness. There are only moments of happiness-from contentment to ecstasy. And if by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But ecstasy doesn't last long and is seldom ever repeated. If by happiness you mean an ordinary contentment, then yes-I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied-contented. Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reason I go on taking difficult paths, and between a paved road and a footpath that goes up the mountain, I choose the footpath. To the great irrita­tion of my bodyguards. View quote
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Occupation: Indian Statesman
Born: November 19, 1917
Died: October 31, 1984
Quotes count: 48
Wikipedia: Indira Gandhi

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