Indira Gandhi

Statesmanship India 1917 – 1984 94 quotes

Prime Minister who led India through wars and economic reforms.

Quotes by Indira Gandhi

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

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We must not be afraid to dream big dreams.

Speech 1970

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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The greatest wealth is health.

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We have to work together to build a better future for all.

Speech 1970

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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We must always remember that we are one people, one nation.

Speech 1971

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.

Interview 1975

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

Speech 1966

Every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation.

Speech 1984

I am not a person to be pressured – by anybody or any nation.

Interview 1971

One must beware of ministers who can read; the more a minister can read, the more he is likely to claim.

Speech 1978

Development is not a straight line; it is a curve.

Speech 1980

We have to prove that democracy can keep a developing country together and make it prosperous.

Speech 1977

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in some artificial caricature of what she believes to be womanliness or feminism.

Speech 1983

The true basis of morality is utility.

Interview 1970

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. When we speak we are two, one is me and one is thee.

Speech 1974

India is an old country but a young democracy.

Speech 1966