Indira Gandhi Quotes

I would love to play Indira Gandhi.

— Manisha Koirala

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. --Indira Gandhi

— Indira Gandhi

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

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I could have joined politics during Nehru's or Indira Gandhi's time. I don't want to. I stay away from these things.

— Milkha Singh

We know who left the country. And many were Bengalis from West Bengal, sent from Calcutta. It was she who sent them…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

The importance of the leader has always mattered, whether it was Indira Gandhi, V. P. Singh, or Narendra Modi.

— Amit Shah

When I used to criticise Indira Gandhi and Emergency I was not part of any party. I was just a social activist.

— Shatrughan Sinha

I had no time for Indira Gandhi. She was too much in the Russian camp for my liking.

— Bob Hawke

I had a talent for copying the signatures of dignitaries like Indira Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan and so on. So, I wanted to…

— Sanjay Mishra

In 1947, who was the PM? In 1962, who was the PM? Similarly, in 1965 and 1971, who was the PM? We…

— Amarinder Singh

I went to London in the '70s and also visited Madame Tussauds there. At that time, the only Indian figure that was…

— Asha Bhosle

Prime ministers with full majority have behaved differently from each other. Jawaharlal Nehru was a leader who ruled by consensus while Indira…

— Sanjaya Baru

Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would…

— Oriana Fallaci

I am not too much into political awareness, but I had known a lot about Indira Gandhi's strong persona. Obviously, she had…

— Kirti Kulhari

The common denominator of the great women leaders in the world - Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir - is that they're…

— Rod Lurie

'A Death in the Gunj' is set in 1979 and we had to mute a joke that referred to Indira Gandhi. The…

— Konkona Sen Sharma

Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian…

— Aravind Adiga

“The study showed women who were slower to smile in corporate life were perceived as more credible." As Missy talked, I began…

— Leil Lowndes

See, Indira Gandhi was wrong in declaring the Emergency. She tried to put me in jail, but she could not. People voted…

— Subramanian Swamy

Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

[Indira Gandhi] looked tired that day, and all of a sudden I exclaimed, 'Deep down I don't envy you, and I shouldn't…

— Oriana Fallaci

There was that argument that if we had more women in positions of authority, the world would be a nicer place. And…

— Margaret MacMillan

I met Indira Gandhi in her office in the government palace. The same office that had been her father's - large, cold…

— Oriana Fallaci

The same goes for the refugees. Mrs.[Indira] Gandhi says ten million. It's obvious she started with that figure in order to legalize…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

After a decade in power, rather than showcasing their achievements, the Modi government is busy dredging up the past, pointing fingers at…

— M. K. Stalin

The media picks on me because I don't have a family background like other female leaders of South Asia. Look at Indira…

— J. Jayalalithaa

It was Indira Gandhi who very much lined up with the Russians. And she was, you know, within the Commonwealth, basically one…

— Bob Hawke

“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…

— Suzanne Finnamore

Besides the things I asked [Indira Gandhi], she told me about her son Rajiv, who is married to an Italian girl and…

— Oriana Fallaci

In 1971, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defeated Pakistan, and our leader, A. B. Vajpayee, who was in the Opposition, praised her,…

— Rajnath Singh

Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi can rightly boast of having won a war, but if she won it, she should first of all thank…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

[Indira Gandhi] answered cautiously at first. Then she opened up like a flower and the conversation flowed along without obstacles, in mutual…

— Oriana Fallaci

Since when has the Congress become protector of judiciary? Do I have to remind how Indira Gandhi treat the judiciary when one…

— Nirmala Sitharaman