Life is always full of dangers and I don't think one should avoid dangers. Indira Gandhi More Quotes by Indira Gandhi More Quotes From Indira Gandhi I see nothing wrong in sterilizing a man who has already brought eight or ten children into the world. Especially if it helps those eight or ten children to live better. Indira Gandhi eight men children Unfortunately even in India there are people who talk like that. And they're the same ones who say, 'We should never have accepted the existence of Pakistan. Now that it exists, it ought to be destroyed.' But these are only a few madmen who have no following among the masses. Indira Gandhi pakistan india people I've always been able to do what I wanted. On the other hand, my mother was. She considered the fact of being a woman a great disadvantage. She had her reasons. In her day women lived in seclusion - in almost all Indian states they couldn't even show themselves on the street. Indira Gandhi able mother hands It's a law of life - check it and you'll see it holds true in every situation of life. Indira Gandhi laws-of-life checks law What does nonalignment mean? It means we don't belong to any military bloc and that we reserve the right to be friends with any country, independently of the influence of any country. All this has remained unchanged after the signing of the Indo-Soviet treaty, and others can say or think what they like - our policy won't change because of the Soviet Union. Indira Gandhi military mean country Still, in international matters, the treaty changes nothing. That is, it doesn't prevent us from being friends with other countries, which indeed we are. Indira Gandhi treaties matter country We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace. Indira Gandhi destiny india world The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did. Indira Gandhi vietnam decision doe I myself, in my heart, say that people should have all the children they want. But it's a mistaken idea, like many of our ideas that go back thousands of years, and it must be rooted out. Indira Gandhi should-have heart children I had many dolls. And you know how I played with them? By performing insurrections, assemblies, scenes of arrest. My dolls were almost never babies to be nursed but men and women who attacked barracks and ended up in prison. Indira Gandhi dolls baby men My father was a saint. He was the closest thing to a saint that you can find in a normal man. Indira Gandhi saint men father With boys I climbed trees, ran races, and wrestled. I had no complexes of envy or inferiority toward boys. At the same time, however, I liked dolls. Indira Gandhi envy race boys In India's distant past, when the population was low, the blessing given a woman was, 'May you have many children.' Most of our epics and literature stress this wish, and the idea that a woman should have many children hasn't declined. Indira Gandhi stress epic children Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe. Indira Gandhi believe country years I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it. Indira Gandhi situation arise faces When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children. Indira Gandhi care country children I've always discovered things for myself, in marvelous freedom. Indira Gandhi marvelous I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life. Indira Gandhi difficulty If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented. Indira Gandhi contentment ordinary mean I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated! Indira Gandhi my-husband married husband
