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
[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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share
We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share
![“[Mahatma Gandhi] said that the first president of India ought to be a harijan girl, an untouchable. He was so against the class system and the oppression of women that an untouchable woman became for him the epitome of purity and benediction.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/indira-gandhi-1113_benediction_mahatma-gandhi-said-that-the-first-presi_1051966.jpg)
![“As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/indira-gandhi-1113_father_as-my-father-jav-harl-l-nehr-said-you-ha_2603423.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/i/c3a/indira-gandhi-1113_brother_at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-j_2199085.jpg)
