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title: "1 Day Mother Quotes By Indira Gandhi"
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> [I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years old at that time, and was going to kindergarten. One day the mother of one of his little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-was-a-welfare-worker-for-the-indian-council-for-child-welfare-i-ll/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

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## More by Indira Gandhi

> [I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-don-t-see-why-we-and-the-chinese-should-have-to-be-enemies/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [Politics...You see, it depends on what kind of politics. What we did during my father's generation was a duty. And it was beautiful because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/politics-you-see-it-depends-on-what-kind-of-politics-what-we-did/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [I'm not ambitious. Not a bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-m-not-ambitious-not-a-bit/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/in-all-societies-that-have-applied-a-form-of-socialism-a-certain/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-cannot-understand-how-anyone-can-be-an-indian-and-not-be-proud/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/even-today-to-be-civilised-is-held-to-be-synonymous-with-being/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-me-the-function-of-politics-is-to-make-possible-the-desirable/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-become-capable-one-must-have-faith-in-oneself/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [If we offer something to Bangladesh, it's obvious that Bangladesh is offering something to us. And why shouldn't Bangladesh be able to keep its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/if-we-offer-something-to-bangladesh-it-s-obvious-that-bangladesh-is/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-india-i-want-i-ll-never-tire-of-repeating-is-a-more-just-and-less/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [Satisfied is a word I use only in reference to my country, and I'll never be satisfied for my country. For this reasons I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/satisfied-is-a-word-i-use-only-in-reference-to-my-country-and-i-ll/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-always-wanted-to-have-children-if-it-had-been-up-to-me-i-would-have/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/defeats-are-always-pitiful-victories-are-always-last-resources/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-be-liberated-woman-must-feel-free-to-be-herself-not-in-rivalry-to/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

> [We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/we-do-not-wish-to-impoverish-the-environment-any-further-and-yet-we/)

[Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/)

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