Indira Gandhi Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Indira Gandhi:

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do.

Indira Gandhi

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Indira Gandhi

You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.

Indira Gandhi

I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.

Indira Gandhi

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Indira Gandhi

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

Indira Gandhi

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

Indira Gandhi

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

Indira Gandhi

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

Indira Gandhi

I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.

Indira Gandhi

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

Indira Gandhi

There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.

Indira Gandhi

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

Indira Gandhi

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

Indira Gandhi

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

Indira Gandhi

If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up.

Indira Gandhi

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

Indira Gandhi

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

Indira Gandhi

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

Indira Gandhi

I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.

Indira Gandhi

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

Indira Gandhi

The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development.

Indira Gandhi