Indira Gandhi Famous Quotes

A nation's strength ultimately consist in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from other. ~ Indira Gandhi

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate. ~ Indira Gandhi

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines. ~ Indira Gandhi

We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities. ~ Indira Gandhi

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so. ~ Indira Gandhi

Home is wherever I go. ~ Indira Gandhi

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. ~ Indira Gandhi

What is popular need not necessarily be right or wise. ~ Indira Gandhi

I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have been tolerated for so long, had the people been European? ~ Indira Gandhi

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river. ~ Indira Gandhi

Voltaire once wrote, "Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." Sir Francis Bacon added, "A prudent question is one-half of wisdom." Indira Gandhi concluded that "the power to question is the basis of all human progress." Great questions are clearly the quickest path to great answers. ~ Gary Keller

Although I notice there is never a truly good time to have a nice long chat with one´s mother-in-law, unless you are having an extraordinary life and marriage and your mother-in-law is, say, Maureen Dowd, or Indira Gandhi. Someone of that ilk. ~ Suzanne Finnamore

Some people build roads and then walk ~ Vineet Raj Kapoor

To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg. ~ Indira Gandhi

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and vibrantly alive in repose. ~ Indira Gandhi

My father was a saint, I'm not. ~ Indira Gandhi

P. C. Bhattacharya was the first non-ICS man to be appointed to the job and he had a soft ride. But in what would cause a major uproar today in Parliament and in the media, when the rupee was devalued by a huge 36 per cent in 1966, he was merely informed. The decision had been taken by Indira Gandhi in March that year when she visited the United States and met the representatives of the World Bank and IMF. But she kept it to herself till June. Even the finance minister didn't know, let alone the poor RBI governor. ~ T.C.A. Srinivasa Raghavan

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it. ~ Indira Gandhi

Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances. ~ Indira Gandhi

In the late nineteenth century, many educated Indians were taught the same lesson by their British masters. One famous anecdote tells of an ambitious Indian who mastered the intricacies of the English language, took lessons in Western-style dance, and even became accustomed to eating with a knife and fork. Equipped with his new manners, he travelled to England, studied law at University College London, and became a qualified barrister. Yet this young man of law, bedecked in suit and tie, was thrown off a train in the British colony of South Africa for insisting on travelling first class instead of settling for third class, where 'coloured' men like him were supposed to ride. His name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. ~ Yuval Noah Harari

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. ~ Indira Gandhi

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive. ~ Indira Gandhi

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two. ~ Indira Gandhi

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. ~ Indira Gandhi

Most Americans think of Rosa Parks as a demur, pleasant-enough seamstress who backed into history by being too tired to get out of her seat on a bus one day, in reality she had been trained in nonviolence spirit and tactics at a famous institution, Highlander Folk School. It seems to be a difficult concept for most of us that peace is a skill that can be learned. We know war can be learned, but we seem to think that one becomes a peacemaker by a mere change of heart. (23) ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The power to question is the basis of all human progress. ~ 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. ~ Indira Gandhi

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. ~ Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed ... she had suspended Indian democracy for a few years but she also was the woman who had defeated Pakistan in war at a time when most male politicians in India had secretly feared fighting that war, so that here in India even today Indira Gandhi is called by Indian nationalists the only man ever to have governed India. ~ Aravind Adiga

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974? ~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. ~ Indira Gandhi

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women. ~ Indira Gandhi

Ability is not always gauged by examination. ~ Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave. ~ Indira Gandhi

Where else could the most famous female dacoit, Phoolan Devi, surrender to police with ten thousand onlookers cheering as she placed her rifle down before a picture of Gandhi? (After serving her prison sentence, the "Bandit Queen of India" was elected to Parliament, only to be gunned down in front of her house in New Delhi before she turned forty. ~ Deepak Chopra

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. ~ Indira Gandhi

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable. ~ Indira Gandhi

Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow. You have to have moral courage to stick up to that - no matter what comes in your way, no matter what the obstacle and the opposition is. ~ Indira Gandhi

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. ~ Indira Gandhi