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Former Prime Minister of India

Indira Gandhi, born on November 19, 1917, and died on October 31, 1984, was the first female Prime Minister of India and one of the longest-serving Prime Ministers in Indian history.

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“in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.”

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Book:The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

Source: The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan Samiti

“I never believed in the danger of a third world war.”

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“Naturally, if the Americans had fired a shot, if the Seventh Fleet had done something more than sit there in the Bay of Bengal...yes, the Third World War would have exploded. But, in all honesty, not even that fear occurred to me.”

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“How is it possible for people in the modern world to go on killing each other for religion? The problems we should be concerned with nowadays are quite different!”

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“We know very well that India's destiny is linked to world peace.”

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“I don't see the world as something divided between right and left.”

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“Nowadays you can no longer let yourself be indoctrinated - the world is changing so fast! Even what you wanted twenty years ago is no longer relevant today; it's outdated.”

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“We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically and mentally, and should not be brought into the world only to suffer.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“In the Western world, women have no other choice. In India, no. And I'll explain the reason. It's a reason that also has to do with my own case. In India women have never been a hostile competition with men - even in the most distant past, every time a woman emerged as a leader, perhaps as a queen, the people accepted her. As something normal and not exceptional.”

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“The struggle for independence here has been conducted in equal measure by men and by women. And when we got our independence, no one forgot that. In the Western world, on the other hand, nothing of the kind has ever happened - women have participated, yes, but revolutions have always been made by men alone.”

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“In any case, I married Feroze Gandhi. Once I get an idea in my head, no one in the world can make me change my mind.”

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“Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.”

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Book:Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: September 1972-March 1977

Source: Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: September 1972-March 1977

About the Author

Born: November 19, 1917
Died: October 31, 1984
Known for: Former Prime Minister of India
Quotes: 262

Books & Sources

The Spirit of India: volumes presented to Shrimati Indira Gandhi by the Indira Gandhi Abhinandan SamitiRelated source material

Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of challenge, January 1966-August 1969Related source material

Indira Gandhi, letters to an American friend 1950-1984Related source material

Selected thoughts of Indira Gandhi: a book of quotesRelated source material

Freedom is the starting point: a collection of memorable wordsRelated source material

India: The Speeches and Reminiscences of Indira GandhiRelated source material

Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: September 1972-March 1977Related source material

Selected Speeches of Indira Gandhi: The years of endeavour, August 1969-August 1972Related source material

What I amRelated source material

Education, individual, and society: selected addressesRelated source material

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