People Quotes by Indira Gandhi

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

— Indira Gandhi

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

— Indira Gandhi

The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me.

— Indira Gandhi

I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.

— Indira Gandhi

I don't waste time in flowery small talk, as people do in India.

— Indira Gandhi

I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.

— Indira Gandhi

When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.

— Indira Gandhi

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

It has been my experience that people who are at cross-purposes with nature are cynical about mankind and ill at ease with…

— Indira Gandhi

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

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.

— Indira Gandhi

[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns…

— Indira Gandhi

In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were…

— Indira Gandhi

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

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to…

— Indira Gandhi

Until today the rights of people have always been put forward by a few individuals acting in the name of the masses.…

— Indira Gandhi

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

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

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

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

I remember harrowing episodes. People who emigrated, people who didn't want to emigrate...Many Muslims didn't want to leave India to go to…

— Indira Gandhi

Poverty assumes so many aspects here in India. There aren't only the poor that you see in the cities, there are the…

— Indira Gandhi

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

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

India had barely become independent, in 1947, when Pakistan invaded Kashmir, which at the time was ruled by a maharajah. The maharajah…

— Indira Gandhi

How is it possible for people in the modern world to go on killing each other for religion? The problems we should…

— Indira Gandhi

All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom…

— Indira Gandhi

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He…

— Indira Gandhi

You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that…

— Indira Gandhi

I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist…

— Indira Gandhi

... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is…

— Indira Gandhi

People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched…

— Indira Gandhi

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands…

— Indira Gandhi

I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have…

— Indira Gandhi

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

I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.

— Indira Gandhi

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing…

— Indira Gandhi

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

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

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