When [my father] asked me to help him, I really didn't suspect the consequences. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it -… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn't be able to say whether my… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Yes, he [Mahatma Gandhi] was a great man. However...between me and Gandhi there was never the understanding there was between me and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father cared very much about courage, physical courage as well. He despised those who didn't have it. But he never said… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My husband lived in Lucknow. My father lived in Delhi, of course. So I shuttled between Delhi and Lucknow and...naturally, if my… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Not only my parents but the whole family was involved in the resistance - my grandfather and grandmother, my uncles and aunts,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I began to associate with Mahatma Gandhi when he came and went in our house - together with my father and mother… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
No one wanted that marriage, no one. Even Mahatma Gandhi wasn't happy about it. As for my father...it's not true that he… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I went back into politics only when it was clear that things weren't going as they should have in my party. I… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I always defended my father, as a child, and I think I'm still defending him - his policies at least. Oh, he… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
People often ask me: Who has influenced you the most? Your father? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes, my choices were fundamentally influenced by them,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Politics...You see, it depends on what kind of politics. What we did during my father's generation was a duty. And it was… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
For me it's absolutely the same - I treat one and the other in exactly the same way. As persons, that is,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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