America always thought it was helping Pakistan. But if it hadn't helped Pakistan, Pakistan would have been a stronger country. — 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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I see nothing wrong in sterilizing a man who has already brought eight or ten children into the world. Especially if it… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little,… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You say this victory is dangerous. I say that today no one can yet tell if it's dangerous, that today I don't… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them,… — 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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
A revolution is already taking place in India. Things are changing here already - peacefully and democratically. There's no danger of communism.… — 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… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If you only knew what it did to me to have lived in that house where the police were bursting in to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Naturally, if the Americans had fired a shot, if the Seventh Fleet had done something more than sit there in the Bay… — 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
Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these were clashes provoked by… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I suggested a compromise to give the banks a year's time and see if they succeed in showing us that nationalization wasn't… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The doctors advised me not to have even one. My health was still not good, and they said that pregnancy might be… — 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 said, I'll put on weight. And I started having massages, taking cod-liver oil, and eating twice as much. But I didn't… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is legitimate to have one's own point of view and political philosophy. But there are people who make anger, rather than… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If by religion we mean a belief in humanity rather than the gods, an effort to make man better and a little… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger...well, one must risk the danger. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The life I've had, the difficulties, the hardships, the pain I've suffered since I was a child. It's a great privilege to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The doctors shrugged their shoulders and grumbled that perhaps if I were to put on weight that would protect me a little… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Maybe I would have considered the problem if I'd met someone with whom I'd have liked to live. But I never met… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
If you only knew, for instance, how much I enjoy being a grandmother! Do you know I'm twice a grandmother? Rajiv and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The word 'when' is so important for a people, for an individual! If an individual thinks he won't do it, he'll never… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I refuse to indulge in small talk. And compliments, if at all, I save for after the job is done. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
What good does it do to remain tied to an ideology if you don't achieve anything by it? I have an ideology… — 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
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
