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We need a better strategy to achieve the national goal of a stable population, healthier and better educated.
One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
Even I, when I was a student in London, often wore Western clothes, and yet I'm the most Indian Indian I know.
Unity must be of the mind and heart, a sense of belonging together and of facing together those who attack it.
Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.
When you govern a country, and especially a country so vast and complex as India, you never arrive at anything.
I examine the consequences later, when a new situation arises and I then face the new situation. And that's it.
Logic and cold reason are poor weapons to fight fear and distrust. Only faith and generosity can overcome them.
I think that sacrifices of animals in the name of religion are barbarous and they degrade the name of religion.
I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.
Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.
I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger...well, one must risk the danger.
Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.
I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.
Theoretical approaches have their place and are, I suppose, essential but a theory must be tempered with reality.
The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.
This is also something I've learned from experience. Didn't they perhaps give us the vote because we went too far?
Success often comes to those who dare to act. It seldom goes to the timid who are ever afraid of the consequences.
A tyrst with destiny - A the stroke of midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awaken to life and Freedom
She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.
Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.
India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.
For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.
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.
As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.
India is a proud and sovereign country. We do not take any decisions under pressure from the U.S. or any other power.
Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.
If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.
Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be satisfied.
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.
India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
My son had nothing to do with policy or decision making, nor did I discuss the elections or any other matter with him.
Where freedom is menaced or justice threatened or where aggression takes place, we cannot be and shall not be neutral.
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defense, should one think of killing any animal.
I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal.
My poet's heart gives me strength to face political problems, particularly those which have a bearing on my conscience.
I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.
In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.
...that great lover of peace, a man of giant stature who moulded, as few other men have done, the destinies of his age.
We cannot afford to spend millions and millions over nuclear arms when there is poverty and unemployment all around us.
We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
In an underdeveloped society, the first anxiety is of infant mortality. In an advanced one it is to keep alive the aged.
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.
On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.
The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.
I find I have less time for everything. The assembly elections came so soon, and there is still so much work to be done.