Indira Gandhi Quotes

A collection of quotes by Indira Gandhi.

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) was an influential Indian political leader and the first woman Prime Minister of India. She was born into the Nehru-Gandhi family and served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977, and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. Gandhi played a major role in shaping India's politics and policies during her tenure, with a focus on social and economic reforms. She implemented several initiatives to address poverty, improve literacy rates, and strengthen India's position in the global arena. Her leadership style and decisions continue to be debated and analyzed to this day.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without mone

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Inspirational

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do o

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

Strength

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Martyrdom Martyr

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of peo

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group there was much less competition.

Work

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and tho

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.

Work

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Forgiveness

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plottin

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.

Death

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

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

Power