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In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.

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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
Prayag
Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
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Social
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Societies
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Socialism
Equality
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The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.
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It's the same story as when we nationalized the banks. 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.
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Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.
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We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.
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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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The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.
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I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother.
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My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man.
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Not only Negroes and Jews, but also women are part of a great revolt of which one can only approve.
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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.
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When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.
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in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
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It's not at all hard to reconcile the two things if you organize your time intelligently. Even when my sons were little, I was working.
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