--- title: "17 Said Quotes By Indira Gandhi" description: "17 Said quotes by Indira Gandhi. Plus more from Indira Gandhi and more Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/indira-gandhi-1113_democracy_you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democrac_1720188.jpg" --- > [You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' But with that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democracy-to-work-with-an-illiterate/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/indira-gandhi-1113_democracy_you-said-how-is-it-possible-for-democrac_1720188.jpg) > [It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/it-s-true-that-i-refused-foreign-aid-it-s-true-it-wasn-t-my-personal/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/216/indira-gandhi-1113_aids_it-s-true-that-i-refused-foreign-aid-it_1588650.jpg) > [You must also understand us - always undervalued, underestimated, not believed. Even when we believed, you didn't believe us. You said, 'How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-must-also-understand-us-always-undervalued-underestimated-not/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/indira-gandhi-1113_believe_you-must-also-understand-us-always-under_1573529.jpg) > [I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-said-that-my-father-was-not-a-politician-i-instead-think-i-am-but/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27b/indira-gandhi-1113_careers_i-said-that-my-father-was-not-a-politici_2368971.jpg) > [You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries; democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-said-planning-is-something-for-communist-countries-democracy-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/indira-gandhi-1113_committed_you-said-planning-is-something-for-commu_1137293.jpg) > [We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/we-always-said-that-our-struggle-was-not-only-against-the-british-as/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b61/indira-gandhi-1113_british_we-always-said-that-our-struggle-was-not_2319250.jpg) > [ As my father \[Javāharlāl Nehrū\] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it -… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/as-my-father-jav-harl-l-nehr-said-you-have-to-keep-an-open-mind-but/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71f/indira-gandhi-1113_father_as-my-father-jav-harl-l-nehr-said-you-ha_2603423.jpg) > [My father cared very much about courage, physical courage as well. He despised those who didn't have it. But he never said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/my-father-cared-very-much-about-courage-physical-courage-as-well-he/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/484/indira-gandhi-1113_be-courageous_my-father-cared-very-much-about-courage_2506484.jpg) > [The Western press has always insisted that India was Pakistan's enemy and vice versa, that the Hindus were against the Muslims and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-western-press-has-always-insisted-that-india-was-pakistan-s-enemy/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b02/indira-gandhi-1113_absurd_the-western-press-has-always-insisted-th_996018.jpg) > [At a certain point the family moved to Jaipur, where no woman could avoid the doli or purdah. They kept her in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-jaipur-where-no-woman-could/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/indira-gandhi-1113_brother_at-a-certain-point-the-family-moved-to-j_2199085.jpg) > [The doctors advised me not to have even one. My health was still not good, and they said that pregnancy might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-doctors-advised-me-not-to-have-even-one-my-health-was-still-not/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/indira-gandhi-1113_children_the-doctors-advised-me-not-to-have-even_185834.jpg) > [All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/all-of-a-sudden-inscriptions-appeared-on-walls-signs-appeared-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c68/indira-gandhi-1113_beggar_all-of-a-sudden-inscriptions-appeared-on_1945467.jpg) > [One day in 1965 Rajiv wrote me from London, where he was studying, and informed me, 'You're always asking me about girls,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/one-day-in-1965-rajiv-wrote-me-from-london-where-he-was-studying-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebb/indira-gandhi-1113_asking_one-day-in-1965-rajiv-wrote-me-from-lond_2165251.jpg) > [We couldn't keep ten million refugees on our soil; we couldn't tolerate such an unstable situation for who knows how long. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/we-couldn-t-keep-ten-million-refugees-on-our-soil-we-couldn-t/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/indira-gandhi-1113_able_we-couldn-t-keep-ten-million-refugees-on_2760201.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-said-i-ll-put-on-weight-and-i-started-having-massages-taking-cod/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/340/indira-gandhi-1113_determined_i-said-i-ll-put-on-weight-and-i-started_925393.jpg) > [I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-was-a-welfare-worker-for-the-indian-council-for-child-welfare-i-ll/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f3/indira-gandhi-1113_boys_i-was-a-welfare-worker-for-the-indian-co_798895.jpg) > [ \[Mahatma Gandhi\] said that the first president of India ought to be a harijan girl, an untouchable. He was so against the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/mahatma-gandhi-said-that-the-first-president-of-india-ought-to-be-a/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3a/indira-gandhi-1113_benediction_mahatma-gandhi-said-that-the-first-presi_1051966.jpg) ## Other authors on Said ## More by Indira Gandhi > [I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-don-t-see-why-we-and-the-chinese-should-have-to-be-enemies/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/politics-you-see-it-depends-on-what-kind-of-politics-what-we-did/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I'm not ambitious. Not a bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-m-not-ambitious-not-a-bit/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/in-all-societies-that-have-applied-a-form-of-socialism-a-certain/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-cannot-understand-how-anyone-can-be-an-indian-and-not-be-proud/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/even-today-to-be-civilised-is-held-to-be-synonymous-with-being/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-me-the-function-of-politics-is-to-make-possible-the-desirable/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-become-capable-one-must-have-faith-in-oneself/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 keep its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/if-we-offer-something-to-bangladesh-it-s-obvious-that-bangladesh-is/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/the-india-i-want-i-ll-never-tire-of-repeating-is-a-more-just-and-less/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/satisfied-is-a-word-i-use-only-in-reference-to-my-country-and-i-ll/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-always-wanted-to-have-children-if-it-had-been-up-to-me-i-would-have/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/defeats-are-always-pitiful-victories-are-always-last-resources/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/to-be-liberated-woman-must-feel-free-to-be-herself-not-in-rivalry-to/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) > [We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/we-do-not-wish-to-impoverish-the-environment-any-further-and-yet-we/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said/indira-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "17 Said Quotes By Indira Gandhi", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You said, 'How is it possible for democracy to work with an illiterate people who are dying of hunger?' 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