Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. Indira Gandhi More Quotes by Indira Gandhi More Quotes From Indira Gandhi It would seem that it was not in the interest of 'someone' for us to make progress. It was in 'someone's' interest that we be always at war, that we tear each other to pieces. Yes, I'm inclined to absolve the Pakistanis. How should they have behaved? Someone encouraged them to attack us, someone gave them weapons to attack us. And they attacked us. Indira Gandhi progress tears war The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties. Indira Gandhi difficulty ifs Do you know why I won the last elections? It was because the people liked me, yes, because I had worked, yes, but also because the opposition had behaved badly toward me. And do you know why I won this war? Because my army was able to do it, yes, but also because the Americans were on the side of Pakistan. Indira Gandhi army war people I had recently had the impression they were changing - not so much by becoming less pro-Pakistan as by becoming less anti-India. I was wrong. My visit to [Richard] Nixon did anything but avert the war. Indira Gandhi pakistan india war I was a welfare worker for the Indian Council for Child Welfare. I'll tell you a story. Rajiv was only four years old at that time, and was going to kindergarten. One day the mother of one of his little friends came to see us and said in a sugary voice, 'Oh, it must be so sad for you to have no time to spend with your little boy!' Rajiv roared like a lion: 'My mother spends more time with me than you spend with your little boy, see! Your little boy says you always leave him alone so you can play bridge!' I detest women who do nothing and they play bridge. Indira Gandhi mother boys children I don't care if I remain prime minister. I'm only interested in doing a good job as long as I'm capable and for as long as I don't get tired. Indira Gandhi tired jobs long I know you were surprised when, after the fall of Dacca, Pakistani and Indian officers shook hands. But do you realize that, up until 1965, in our army and the Pakistani one you could come across generals who were brothers? Blood brothers, sons of the same father and the same mother. Indira Gandhi brother mother father What we do now, on the other hand...Don't think that I'm crazy about this kind of politics. It's no accident that I've done everything to keep my sons out of it, and so far I've succeeded. After independence I retired immediately from politics. Indira Gandhi crazy son thinking Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers. Indira Gandhi danger life-is thinking Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. Indira Gandhi ends doe reality The Indians and Pakistanis are literally brothers. Indira Gandhi brother The doctors advised me not to have even one. My health was still not good, and they said that pregnancy might be fatal. If they hadn't said that to me, maybe I wouldn't have got married. But that diagnosis provoked me, it infuriated me. I answered, 'Why do you think I'm getting married if not to have children? I don't want to hear that I can't have children; I want you to tell me what I have to do in order to have children!' Indira Gandhi pregnancy children thinking As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult. Indira Gandhi adults done jobs My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets. Indira Gandhi home father hands We would rather starve than sell our national honor. Indira Gandhi sells patriotism honor To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg. Indira Gandhi religious blessing children You found an uncle on one side and a nephew on the other, a cousin here and a cousin there. Besides it's still true today. I'll tell you something else. There was a time when even two ambassadors to Switzerland, the one from India and the one from Pakistan, were two blood brothers. Oh, the Partition imposed on us by the British was so unnatural! Indira Gandhi cousin uncles brother Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave. Indira Gandhi virtue brave Have you ever climbed a mountain? You see, once you arrive at the top of a mountain, you think you've reached the highest point. But it's only an impression that doesn't last long. Indira Gandhi mountain long thinking Until I was about eighteen, yes [I didn't want to get married]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because I wanted to devote all my energies to the struggle to free India. Marriage, I thought, would have distracted me from the duties I'd imposed on myself. Indira Gandhi india energy struggle
