Indira Gandhi Quotes
The Prime Minister of the Republic of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984
(1917 - 1984)
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A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.
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All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.
[Politics]
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Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.
[Anger]
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
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Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.
[Action]
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.
[Action]
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Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
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My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.
[Politics]
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My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.
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One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance..and courage.
[Opportunity]
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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.
[Duty]
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The power to question is the basis of all human progress.
[Question]
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There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.
[Attempt]
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There is not love where there is no will.
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We have believed-and we do believe now-that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible.
[Goals]
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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
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