All Quotes by Indira Gandhi
“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.”
“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”
“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“"The great need in the world today is for for nations to so define their national interest that it makes for greater harmony, greater equality and justice and greater stability in the world" 1980 to Roy Jenkins”
“" We believe in freedom with a passion that only those who have been denied it for so long can understand it, We believe in equality because so many in our nation have been denied for so long, we believe in human worth for that is the basis for all our current work in India" Jul 29 1982”
“A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.”
“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.”
“There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.”
“All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangladesh since March 25 have recognized the revolt of 75 million people, a people who were forced to the conclusion that neither their life, nor their liberty, to say nothing of the possibility of the pursuit of happiness, was available to them.”
“Dacca is now the free capital of a free country.”
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
“My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.”
“Fear, any fear, is a waste of time. As the regrets.”
“To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.”
“I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.”
“The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.”
“I’m not for nationalization because of the rhetoric of nationalization, or because I see in nationalization the cure-all for every injustice. I’m for nationalization in cases where it’s necessary.”
“Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.”
“Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.”