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There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

Indira Gandhi

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Indira Gandhi
Age: 66 †
Born: 1917
Born: November 19
Died: 1984
Died: October 31
Former Prime Minister Of India
Politician
Writer
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Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
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My father was a saint. I'm not.
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We couldn't be everywhere, we couldn't see everything, and it was inevitable that some things would escape us.
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I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.
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Difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Individuals will always have them, countries will always have them...The only thing is to accept them, if possible overcome them, otherwise to come to terms with them. It's all right to fight, yes, but only when it's possible.
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what is popular need not necessarily be right or wise.
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Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.
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You soon realize that the peak you've climbed was one of the lowest, that the mountain was part of a chain of mountains, that there are still so many, so many mountains to climb...And the more you climb, the more you want to climb - even though you're dead tired.
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[ Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto is not a very balanced man. When he talks, you never understand what he means. What does he mean this time? That he wants to be friends with us? We've wanted to be friends with him for some time I've always wanted to.
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To become capable, one must have faith in oneself.
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I'm trained to difficulties difficulties can't be eliminated from life.
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The fact that I have an ideology, however, doesn't mean I'm indoctrinated.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
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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 go on taking difficult paths, and between a paved road and a footpath that goes up the mountain, I choose the footpath. To the great irritation of my bodyguards.
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I'm told [ Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto is ambitious. I hope he's very ambitious ambition may help him see reality.
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I would like to ask a question. Would this sort of war or savage bombing which has taken place in Vietnam have been tolerated for so long, had the people been European?
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I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated!
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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.
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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.
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Nowadays you can no longer let yourself be indoctrinated - the world is changing so fast! Even what you wanted twenty years ago is no longer relevant today it's outdated.
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