I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
How is it possible for people in the modern world to go on killing each other for religion? The problems we should… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel… — 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
Until today the rights of people have always been put forward by a few individuals acting in the name of the masses.… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Unfortunately even in India there are people who talk like that. And they're the same ones who say, 'We should never have… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In the Western world, women have no other choice. In India, no. And I'll explain the reason. It's a reason that also… — 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 am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
In the face of such a threat, they had no other choice but to throw themselves to the far left. But now… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
We couldn't keep ten million refugees on our soil; we couldn't tolerate such an unstable situation for who knows how long. That… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
The Western press has always insisted that India was Pakistan's enemy and vice versa, that the Hindus were against the Muslims and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Mahatma Gandhi was always talking of religion...He was convinced that was right...The fact is, we young people didn't agree with him on… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities. — 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
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
... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I myself, in my heart, say that people should have all the children they want. But it's a mistaken idea, like many… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have… — 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
Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them?… — 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
We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
At first people asked us, 'Can you do it?' And we kept silent because we didn't believe in ourselves, we didn't believe… — 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
![“[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns out in your favor.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/963/indira-gandhi-1113_favors_visiting-richard-nixon-useful-only-to-me_492125.jpg)
![“A lot of mythology arose after [Mahatma Gandhi] death. But the fact remains that he was an exceptional man, terribly intelligent, with tremendous intuition for people, and a great instinct for what was right.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a52/indira-gandhi-1113_exceptional_a-lot-of-mythology-arose-after-mahatma-g_697761.jpg)
![“India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah fled, and the people of Kashmir, led by Sheikh Abdullah, asked for Indian help. Lord [Louis] Mountbatten, who was still governor general, replied that he wouldn't…” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ab8/indira-gandhi-1113_able_india-had-barely-become-independent-in-1_2348773.jpg)
