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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 Even what you wanted twenty years ago is no longer relevant today it's outdated.

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
Prayag
Indira Nehru
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Nehru
Indira Ghandi
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Indoctrinated
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It's not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn't be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.
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Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be satisfied.
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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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In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged.
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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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By now even the word socialism has so many meanings and interpretations. The Russians call themselves socialists, the Swedes call themselves. And let's not forget that in Germany there was also a national socialism.
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My father was a saint. I'm not.
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If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.
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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.
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No one ever indoctrinated me.
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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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Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.
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I'm trained to difficulties difficulties can't be eliminated from life.
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You found an uncle on one side and a nephew on the other, a cousin here and a cousin there. Besides it's still true today. I'll tell you something else. There was a time when even two ambassadors to Switzerland, the one from India and the one from Pakistan, were two blood brothers. Oh, the Partition imposed on us by the British was so unnatural!
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In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.
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Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.
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You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our plans succeeded.
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Still, in international matters, the treaty changes nothing. That is, it doesn't prevent us from being friends with other countries, which indeed we are.
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For me it's absolutely the same - I treat one and the other in exactly the same way. As persons, that is, not as men and women. But, even here, you have to consider the fact that I've had a very special education, that I'm the daughter of a man like my father and a woman like my mother.
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