To be a mother, a housewife, never cost me any sacrifice - I savored every minute of those years. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely. — 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
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
[My mother] was the oldest of two sisters and two brothers, and she grew up with her brothers, who were about her… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Muslim women had to go out in purdah, that heavy sheet that covers even the eyes. Hindu women had to go out… — 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 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
Until the day she died, my mother continued to fight for the rights of women. She joined all the women's movements of… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years… — 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
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
![“[My mother] was the oldest of two sisters and two brothers, and she grew up with her brothers, who were about her age. She grew up, to the age of ten, like a wild colt, and then all of a sudden that was over. They had forced on her her 'woman's destiny' by saying, 'This isn't done, this isn't…” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7ad/indira-gandhi-1113_age_my-mother-was-the-oldest-of-two-sisters_3194624.jpg)
![“It's not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn't be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/904/indira-gandhi-1113_able_it-s-not-right-to-say-that-my-father-inf_247911.jpg)
![“At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in the house from morning to night, either cooking or doing nothing. [My mother] hated doing nothing, she hated to cook. So she became pale and ill, and far from being concerned about her…” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c3a/indira-gandhi-1113_brother_at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-j_2199085.jpg)
