Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these … - Indira Gandhi

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Writing [for the novelist] is not an activity, but a condition. That is why one simply can't resume the work when one has a job and a free half-day. Reading is the conveyance of this condition.

Indira Gandhi

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.

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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.

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I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people. . . I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

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Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance. . . and courage.

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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.

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Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

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