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My father was a politician and a great father and grandfather. And a saint. And I took over the politician from my father who was a mother and a politician with ups and downs.

— Indira Gandhi

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A nation's strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.

The power to question is the basis of all human progress.

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

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.

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