Indira Gandhi - Former Prime Minister of India

Born: 19 November 1917, Allahabad
Spouse: Feroze Gandhi (m. 1942–1960)
Assassinated: 31 October 1984, New Delhi
Education: Somerville College, Oxford, Badminton School
Parents: Jawaharlal Nehru, Kamala Nehru
Awards: Bharat Ratna, Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding, Lenin Peace Prize

Quotes

• The power to question is the basis of all human progress
• Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave
• A nation‘s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others
• You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose
• Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood...will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic,‖ she said two days prior to her assassination.
• A nation‘ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others
• There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten
• There is not love where there is no will
• My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not
• One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money
• Education is a liberating force, and in our age it is also a democratizing force, cutting across the barriers of caste and class, smoothing out inequalities imposed by birth and other circumstances
• All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake
• I don‘t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation
• Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals
• Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one
• You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist
• We would rather starve than sell our national honour
• People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights
• I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people
• I don‘t mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die today every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation
• Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.
• You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.
• You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and vibrantly alive in repose.