The longer one doesn’t write, the more difficult it is to communicate.”

“Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.” — Indira Gandhi

“Peace we want because there is another war to fight against poverty, disease and ignorance.” — Indira Gandhi

“I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.” — Indira Gandhi

“To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.” — Indira Gandhi

“The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.” — Indira Gandhi

“Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.” — Indira Gandhi

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

“Rebels and non-conformists are often the pioneers and designers of change.” — Indira Gandhi

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

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.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.

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.

“Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.

It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they’re joyous about it.