Famous Indira Gandhi Quotations

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"We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."
by Indira Gandhi
"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
by Indira Gandhi
"A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others."
by Indira Gandhi
"All my games were political games I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake."
by Indira Nehru Gandhi
"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. (Handwritten statement found in her residence)"
by Indira Nehru Gandhi
"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."
by Indira Gandhi
"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."
by Indira Nehru Gandhi
"My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there."
by Indira Gandhi
"People with clenched fists can not shake hands."
by Indira Nehru Gandhi
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there"
by Indira Gandhi
"There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten."
by Indira Gandhi
"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist"
by Indira Gandhi
"You must be still in the midst of activity, and be vibrantly alive in repose."
by 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."
by Indira Gandhi
"Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave."
by Indira Gandhi
"Public speaking is done in the public tongue, the national or tribal language; and the language of our tribe is the men's language. Of course women learn it. We're not dumb. If you can tell Margaret Thatcher from Ronald Reagan, or Indira Gandhi from General Somoza, by anything they say, tell me how. This is a man's world, so it talks a man's language."
by Ursula K. LeGuin
"Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning."
by Indira Gandhi
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress."
by Indira Gandhi


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