Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was … - Indira Gandhi

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The weight of evidence for an extraordinary claim must be proportioned to its strangeness.

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Whether when I was a child and fought the British in the Monkey brigade, or when I was a girl and wanted to have children, or when I was a woman and devoted myself to my father, making my husband angry. Each time I stayed involved all the way in my decision, and took the consequences. Even if I was fighting for things that didn't concern India.

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