“If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.” IfsKnowsActionDiesFearViolenceDyingViolentDeath And DyingAssassinsViolent DeathMedia Violence Book:What I am Source: What I am
“Would you consider a man or a woman to be complicated? Is it that difficult to understand both the sexes? We say that we know what the other sex is all about, but is that really true? Perhaps the following witty, funny quotes and sayings can help simplify things down about men.” KnowsMenHelpingSexDifficultWittyFollowingComplicatedSimplifyReally True Author:Indira Gandhi
“I don't know how to put on an act; I always show myself for what I am, in whatever mood I'm in.” KnowsShowsKnow HowMood Author:Indira Gandhi
“We couldn't keep ten million refugees on our soil; we couldn't tolerate such an unstable situation for who knows how long. That influx of refugees wouldn't have stopped - on the contrary. It would have gone on and on and on, until there would have been an explosion. We were no longer able to control the arrival of those people, in our own interest we had to stop it! That's what I said to Mr.[Richard] Nixon, to all the other leaders I visited in an attempt to avert the war.” PeopleKnowsLongHas BeensSaidWarAbleInterestSituationLeaderMillionsKnow HowGoneTenContrarySoilTolerateRefugeeExplosionsArrivalsUnstableAvert Author:Indira Gandhi
“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.” PeopleKnowsWarAbleLastsSidesArmyElectionOppositionDo You KnowPakistan Author:Indira Gandhi
“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.” KnowsHandsMotherFallFatherRealizingBloodSonBrotherArmyIndianOfficersBlood Brothers Author:Indira Gandhi
“We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.” KnowsWorldWellsDestinyIndiaLinked Author:Indira Gandhi
“Do you know that, until recently, poor people brought children into the world for the sole purpose of making use of them? But how can you change, by force or all of a sudden, an age-old habit? The only way is to plan births, by one means or another.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayMeanChildrenUseAgePurposeForcePoorPlansBirthHabitDo You KnowSolePoor PeopleOld Habits Author:Indira Gandhi
“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.” KnowsMenKnow HowBabySceneMen And WomenPrisonPerformingDollsAssemblyInsurrection Author:Indira Gandhi
“I said, I'll put on weight. And I started having massages, taking cod-liver oil, and eating twice as much. But I didn't even gain an ounce. I'd made up my mind that on the day the engagement was announced I'd be fatter, and I didn't gain an ounce. Then I went to Mussoorie, which is a health resort, and I ignored the doctors' instructions; I invented my own regime and gained weight. Just the opposite of what I'd like now. Now I have the problem of keeping slim. Still I manage. I don't know if you realize I'm a determined woman.” IfsKnowsMindMadeSaidStillsProblemRealizingMy OwnEatingGainsDoctorsOppositesWeightDeterminedOilManageEngagementInstructionRegimesIgnoredResortsLiverMassageSlimDetermined Woman Author:Indira Gandhi
“Even I, when I was a student in London, often wore Western clothes, and yet I'm the most Indian Indian I know.” KnowsStudentsClothesWesternLondonIndian Author:Indira Gandhi
“If you only knew, for instance, how much I enjoy being a grandmother! Do you know I'm twice a grandmother? Rajiv and Sonia have had a boy and a girl.” IfsKnowsGirlEnjoyBoysInstanceGrandmotherDo You KnowBeing A GrandmotherIf Only You Knew Author:Indira Gandhi
“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.” PeopleKnowsHomeHandsCareFatherGamesSecretTake CareMinistersPrimePrime MinisterHostesses Author:Indira Gandhi
“I know I'll astonish everyone by talking like this, but it's God's truth. Honors have never tempted me and I've never sought them.” KnowsTalkingHonorTempted Author:Indira Gandhi
“When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children. Or else I'll start studying anthropology - it's a science that's always interested me very much, also in relation to the problem of poverty. Or else I'll go back to studying history - at Oxford I took my degree in history. Or else...I don't know, I'm fascinated by the tribal communities. I might busy myself with them.” KnowsChildrenCountryProblemMightCareCommunityPovertyStudyDegreesRelationBusyFascinatedGoverningAnthropologyOxfordStudying History Author:Indira Gandhi
