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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: [ˈɪnːdɪrə ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi] ( listen); née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian stateswoman and central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the first and, to date, the only female Prime Minister of India. Indira Gandhi belonged to the Nehru–Gandhi family and was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Indian prime minister. Despite her surname Gandhi, she is not related to the family of Mahatma Gandhi. She served as Prime Minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.

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Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

Forever, Future, Happen, Lasts, Nothing, Nothing Lasts Forever

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

Convince, Joyous, People, Work

Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision.

Brings, Maturity, New Experiences, Vision

I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.

Difficulties, Difficulty, Eliminated, Life, Trained

Without peace there can be no prosperity for any people, rich or poor. And yet, there can be no peace without erasing the harshness of the growing contrast between the rich and the poor.

Contrast, Growing, Peace, People, Poor, Rich Or Poor

I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger. . . well, one must risk the danger.

Danger, Involves, Risk, Think, Thinking

I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.

Cancer, Certain, Eliminate, Father, Objectives, People

I began to travel by myself, in Europe, when I was eight years old. At that age I was already on the move between India and Swizerland, Switzerland and France, France and England. Administering my own finances like an adult.

Eight, Like, Moving, Swizerland, Years

How can anybody who is the head of a nation afford not to be a prag-matist?

Afford, Head, Nation, Nations

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, Democracy, Denies, Military, Sign, Supporting

All of a sudden inscriptions appeared on walls. Signs appeared. And that 'no' exploded all over India, in an act of pride that surprised even me. Then even the political parties, all of them, even the deputies in Parliament, said no: it's better to die of hunger than be taken for a nation of beggars.

India, Party, Political, Signs, Taken, Wall

My children needed me, and I like my job as a social worker.

Children, Job, Jobs, Like, Social, Social Worker

Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these were clashes provoked by those who had no wish to let us live together - on the eve of the Partition. The policy of keeping us divided was always followed by foreigners, even after the Partition. If Indians and Pakistanis had been together. . . I don't say as confederated countries but as neighboring and friendly countries. . . like Italy and France, for example. . . believe me, both of us would have progressed much further.

Country, Believe, Wish, Further, Indians, Found

It would seem that it was not in the interest of 'someone' for us to make progress. It was in 'someone's' interest that we be always at war, that we tear each other to pieces. Yes, I'm inclined to absolve the Pakistanis. How should they have behaved? Someone encouraged them to attack us, someone gave them weapons to attack us. And they attacked us.

Inclined, Pakistanis, Progress, Tear, Tears, War

People who say it was her father who prepared her for the post of prime minister, it was her father who launched her, are wrong.

Father, People, Prepared, Prime

I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.

Certain, Label, Labels, Problem, Problems, Want

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

Alive, Freedom, Inspirational, Learn, Vibrantly, Women

In the Western world, women have no other choice. In India, no. And I'll explain the reason. It's a reason that also has to do with my own case. In India women have never been a hostile competition with men - even in the most distant past, every time a woman emerged as a leader, perhaps as a queen, the people accepted her. As something normal and not exceptional.

Distant, Men, Normal, Past, Queens, Reason

Sometimes friends are dangerous. We must be very careful about the help friends give us.

Careful, Give, Giving, Help, Helping, Sometimes

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.

Adults, Done, Jobs, Prime, Work, Yes

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