Indira Gandhi

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint, I am a sinner.

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

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

I am not a person to be afraid. I am a person to be feared.

Martyrdom does not end a struggle, it begins it.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

My own life is my message.

Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances.

The meek may inherit the earth, but they will never be allowed to rule it.

The greatest danger to India is not external aggression, but internal disunity.

All my games were played by the rules and I never cheated.

To be a woman and in politics is not easy.

History is the best teacher, but only if you are willing to learn.

The greatest joy is to make others happy.

Without discipline, there is no success.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

I have been accused of being a dictator. I have been accused of being a communist. I have been accused of being a capitalist. I have been accused of being everything.