Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. She was t
"All unprejudiced persons objectively surveying the grim events in Bangladesh 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."
"Dacca is now the free capital of a free country."
"Shes a real prune—bitter, kind of pushy, horrible woman."
"A nations strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others."
"There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past."
"The great need in the world today is for for nations to so define their national interest that it makes for greater harmony, greater equality and justice and greater stability in the world."
"We believe in freedom with a passion that only those who have been denied it for so long can understand it, We believe in equality because so many in our nation have been denied for so long, we believe in human worth for that is the basis for all our current work in India."
"There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty."
"India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
"My father was a statesman, Im a political woman. My father was a saint. Im not."
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose."
"Mrs. Gandhi has only one dream: to take over the whole subcontinent, to subjugate us... I don’t even respect her. To me she’s a mediocre woman with a mediocre intelligence. There’s nothing great about her; only the country she governs is great. I mean, it’s the throne that makes her seem tall, though actually she is very small. And also the name she bears. Believe me, if she was prime minister of Ceylon, she’d be nothing but another Mrs. Bandaranaike [who] got there by the simple fact of being Bandaranaike’s widow, and Mrs Gandhi by the simple fact of being Nehru’s daughter."
