In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too. Indira Gandhi More Quotes by Indira Gandhi More Quotes From Indira Gandhi I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who wanted only two. Indira Gandhi husbandtwochildren I grew up like a boy, also because most of the children who came to our house were boys. Indira Gandhi houseboyschildren I don't see the world as something divided between right and left. Indira Gandhi leftdividedworld The word 'when' is so important for a people, for an individual! If an individual thinks he won't do it, he'll never do it. Even if he's highly intelligent, even if he has countless talents. Indira Gandhi intelligentpeoplethinking I think I'm cold, indeed icy, hard. Then there's another reason, one that goes with my frankness: I don't put on act. Indira Gandhi icycoldthinking Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it. Indira Gandhi twentiesprideyears It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no. Indira Gandhi aidsdecisioncountry Sometimes we hurt one another without realizing it. Indira Gandhi realizinghurtsometimes You must also understand us - always undervalued, underestimated, not believed. Even when we believed, you didn't believe us. You said, 'How is it possible to fight without violence?' But without violence we obtained freedom. Indira Gandhi violencefightingbelieve In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt. Indira Gandhi hurtattitudepeople You've never been very generous, you Westerners, toward us Indians. You should have seen that things were changing, albeit slowly. You should have seen that something was happening. Not much, but something. Indira Gandhi westernershappeningsshould-have At first people asked us, 'Can you do it?' And we kept silent because we didn't believe in ourselves, we didn't believe that we could do things. Today people no longer say to us, 'Can you?' They say, 'When can you?' Because the Indians finally believe in themselves, they believe they can do things. Indira Gandhi todaybelievepeople At no point, at a very important point: that of having convinced the Indians that they can do things. Indira Gandhi no-pointimportantcan-do If I'm happy, I look happy; if I'm angry, I show it. Without worrying about how others may react. Indira Gandhi worrymaylooks I don't at all care who's on the right or left or in the center. Even though we use them, even though I use them myself, these expressions have lost all meaning. Indira Gandhi careexpressionuse I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go. Indira Gandhi labelsproblemwant In the face of such a threat, they had no other choice but to throw themselves to the far left. But now that the people are conscious of our efforts, now that they see us resolving problems, the communists are losing strength. Indira Gandhi effortchoicespeople I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist. Indira Gandhi caringwantpeople A revolution is already taking place in India. Things are changing here already - peacefully and democratically. There's no danger of communism. There would be if we had a rightist government instead of mine. Indira Gandhi revolutionindiagovernment I assure you we'll go on making our decisions without worrying whether it pleases or displeases the Soviet Union, China, America, France, or anyone else. Indira Gandhi decisionworryamerica
