People often ask me: Who has influenced you the most? Your father? Mahatma Gandhi? Yes, my choices were fundamentally influenced by them, by the spirit of equality they infused in me - my obsession for justice comes from my father, who in turn got it from Mahatma Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi

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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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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

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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.

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Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarit... by Indira Gandhi

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we spe... by Indira Gandhi

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

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People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. by Indira Gandhi

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

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Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go... by Indira Gandhi

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself. by Indira Gandhi

To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.

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Without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue. You have to have courage - courage of different kinds: first, intellectual courage, to sort out different values and make up your mind about which is the one which is right for you to follow. You have to have moral courage to stick up to that - no matter what comes in your way, no matter what the obstacle and the opposition is.

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Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. by Indira Gandhi

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

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The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive. by Indira Gandhi

The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive.

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I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.

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Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb someth... by Indira Gandhi

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

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Life is a continuous process of adjustment. by Indira Gandhi

Life is a continuous process of adjustment.

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Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diver... by Indira Gandhi

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

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Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman;... by Indira Gandhi

Let's not forget that in India the symbol of strength is a woman; the goddess Shakti.

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As I always say, I do not wish you an easy time, but I wish you that whatever difficulty you may have, you will overcome it.

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We always said that our struggle was not only against the British as representatives of colonialism, it was against all the evil that existed in India. The evil of the feudal system, the evil of the system based on caste, the evil of economic injustice.

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The power to question is the basis of all human progress. by Indira Gandhi

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

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