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Quote by Indira Gandhi

“We couldn't be everywhere, we couldn't see everything, and it was inevitable that some things would escape us.”

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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. more

“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.”

People Knows Long Has Beens Said War Able Interest Situation Leader Millions Know How Gone Ten Contrary Soil Tolerate Refugee Explosions Arrivals Unstable Avert

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“When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.”

Looks War Hard

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“I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because they were in favor of Pakistan, but because they were against India.”

India Favors Pakistan

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“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.”

War Becoming India Impression Pakistan Avert

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“[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns out in your favor.”

People Turns Taught Favors Visiting

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“It's a law of life - check it and you'll see it holds true in every situation of life.”

Law Situation Checks Laws Of Life

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“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.”

People Knows War Able Lasts Sides Army Election Opposition Do You Know Pakistan

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“America always thought it was helping Pakistan. But if it hadn't helped Pakistan, Pakistan would have been a stronger country.”

Ifs Has Beens Country Helping America Stronger Pakistan

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“You don't help a country by supporting a military regime that denies any sign of democracy, and what defeated Pakistan was its military regime.”

Country Helping Democracy Military Deny Regimes Defeated Pakistan

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