In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of… — 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
We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Maybe I would have considered the problem if I'd met someone with whom I'd have liked to live. But I never met… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
It would seem that it was not in the interest of 'someone' for us to make progress. It was in 'someone's' interest… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You say this victory is dangerous. I say that today no one can yet tell if it's dangerous, that today I don't… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger...well, one must risk the danger. — 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
Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers. — 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
I went back into politics only when it was clear that things weren't going as they should have in my party. I… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
You've never been very generous, you Westerners, toward us Indians. You should have seen that things were changing, albeit slowly. You should… — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
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 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
