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 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
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
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] said that the first president of India ought to be a harijan girl, an untouchable. He was so against the… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries; democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You must also understand us - always undervalued, underestimated, not believed. Even when we believed, you didn't believe us. You said, 'How… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that… — 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
All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls,… — 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
We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
My father cared very much about courage, physical courage as well. He despised those who didn't have it. But he never said… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it -… — 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
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
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