--- title: "18 Want Quotes By Indira Gandhi" description: "18 Want quotes by Indira Gandhi. Plus more from Indira Gandhi and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/indira-gandhi-1113_affair_india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs_2408090.jpg" --- > [India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs-but-it-is-not-a-one-sided/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/indira-gandhi-1113_affair_india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs_2408090.jpg) > [Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-war-to-fight-against-poverty/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/indira-gandhi-1113_culture_peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-w_1830464.jpg) > [I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-want-to-succeed-and-i-want-to-succeed-in-the-best-way-possible/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/indira-gandhi-1113_action_i-want-to-succeed-and-i-want-to-succeed_2443535.jpg) > [I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-m-not-interested-in-one-label-or-the-other-i-m-only-interested-in/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/indira-gandhi-1113_certain_i-m-not-interested-in-one-label-or-the-o_270344.jpg) > [One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/one-must-beware-of-ministers-who-can-do-nothing-without-money-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/indira-gandhi-1113_beware_one-must-beware-of-ministers-who-can-do_2618573.jpg) > [ \[ Zulfikar Ali\] Bhutto is not a very balanced man. When he talks, you never understand what he means. What does he… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/zulfikar-ali-bhutto-is-not-a-very-balanced-man-when-he-talks-you/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b11/indira-gandhi-1113_balanced_zulfikar-ali-bhutto-is-not-a-very-balanc_1344508.jpg) > [I myself, in my heart, say that people should have all the children they want. But it's a mistaken idea, like many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-myself-in-my-heart-say-that-people-should-have-all-the-children/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/indira-gandhi-1113_children_i-myself-in-my-heart-say-that-people-sho_613535.jpg) > [You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/you-soon-realize-that-the-peak-you-ve-climbed-was-one-of-the-lowest/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/indira-gandhi-1113_chains_you-soon-realize-that-the-peak-you-ve-cl_937478.jpg) > [ Until I was about eighteen, yes \[I didn't want to get married\]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/until-i-was-about-eighteen-yes-i-didn-t-want-to-get-married-but-not/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/indira-gandhi-1113_distracted_until-i-was-about-eighteen-yes-i-didn-t_1710683.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-remember-harrowing-episodes-people-who-emigrated-people-who-didn-t/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b27/indira-gandhi-1113_episodes_i-remember-harrowing-episodes-people-who_1612127.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) > [I want to state that there will be friendship between Bangladesh and ourselves. And not a one-sided friendship, of course - no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/i-want-to-state-that-there-will-be-friendship-between-bangladesh-and/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/indira-gandhi-1113_bangladesh_i-want-to-state-that-there-will-be-frien_524592.jpg) > [In India you don't find propaganda against Pakistan. During the war there was a little of it, naturally, but even during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/in-india-you-don-t-find-propaganda-against-pakistan-during-the-war/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e57/indira-gandhi-1113_able_in-india-you-don-t-find-propaganda-again_1182776.jpg) > [Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/709/indira-gandhi-1113_civilised_even-today-to-be-civilised-is-held-to-be_55706.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) > [The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cd/indira-gandhi-1113_country_the-india-i-want-i-ll-never-tire-of-repe_98768.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) > [Until today the rights of people have always been put forward by a few individuals acting in the name of the masses.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/until-today-the-rights-of-people-have-always-been-put-forward-by-a/) [Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/indira-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/indira-gandhi-1113_acting_until-today-the-rights-of-people-have-al_1727249.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/indira-gandhi/#itemlist", "name": "18 Want Quotes By Indira Gandhi", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Indira Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs-but-it-is-not-a-one-sided/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/indira-gandhi-1113_affair_india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs_2408090.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/indira-gandhi-1113_affair_india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs_2408090.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/indira-gandhi-1113_affair_india-wants-to-avoid-a-war-at-all-costs_2408090.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a…” — Indira Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Indira Gandhi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/indira-gandhi/peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-war-to-fight-against-poverty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/indira-gandhi-1113_culture_peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-w_1830464.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/indira-gandhi-1113_culture_peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-w_1830464.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/834/indira-gandhi-1113_culture_peace-we-want-because-there-is-another-w_1830464.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.” — Indira Gandhi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to succeed. 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