Indira Gandhi Best Quotes & Sayings

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist? — Indira Gandhi

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor. — Indira Gandhi

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money. — Indira Gandhi

P. C. Bhattacharya was the first non-ICS man to be appointed to the job and he had a soft ride. But in what would cause a major uproar today in Parliament and in the media, when the rupee was devalued by a huge 36 per cent in 1966, he was merely informed. The decision had been taken by Indira Gandhi in March that year when she visited the United States and met the representatives of the World Bank and IMF. But she kept it to herself till June. Even the finance minister didn't know, let alone the poor RBI governor. — T.C.A. Srinivasa Raghavan

I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud. — Indira Gandhi

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? — Indira Gandhi

Where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people. — Indira Gandhi

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. — Indira Gandhi

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

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and vibrantly alive in repose. — Indira Gandhi

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

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women. — Indira Gandhi

A nation's strength ultimately consist in what it can do on its own and not in what it can borrow from other. — Indira Gandhi

We would rather starve than sell our national honor. — Indira Gandhi

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. — Indira Gandhi

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. — Indira Gandhi

Would you consider a man or a woman to be complicated? Is it that difficult to understand both the sexes? We say that we know what the other sex is all about, but is that really true? Perhaps the following witty, funny quotes and sayings can help simplify things down about men. — Indira Gandhi

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. — Indira Gandhi

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. — Indira Gandhi

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not. — Indira Gandhi

There is not love where there is no will. — Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed ... she had suspended Indian democracy for a few years but she also was the woman who had defeated Pakistan in war at a time when most male politicians in India had secretly feared fighting that war, so that here in India even today Indira Gandhi is called by Indian nationalists the only man ever to have governed India. — Aravind Adiga

All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangla Desh 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. — Indira Gandhi

Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974? — Atal Bihari Vajpayee

What is popular need not necessarily be right or wise. — Indira Gandhi

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible — Indira Gandhi

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away. — Indira Gandhi

Dacca is now the free capital of a free country. — Indira Gandhi

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. — Indira Gandhi

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives. — Indira Gandhi