“People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

“My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.”

—  Indira Gandhi 

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

—  Indira Gandhi 

Indira Gandhi Quotes