"I always wanted to have children-if it had been upto me,I would have had eleven. It was my husband who only wanted two"
--Indira Gandhi
--Indira Gandhi
"I am so sick of people doing social work as a step up [the] political and social-set ladder and equally sick of the vague goodness of the so called Gandhians"
--Indira Gandhi
--Indira Gandhi
[Constitution is neither sacrosanct nor static and that Parliament rather than the Constitution should have the authority to determine Fundamental Rights]
--Indira Gandhi to Lok Sabha
--Indira Gandhi to Lok Sabha
"Constitution has been changed in other countries,it has been changed in our country too and if it is necessary to change it in the people's interest,certainly we should do so.
Democracy must mean the right of the largest number of people"
--Indira Gandhi
Democracy must mean the right of the largest number of people"
--Indira Gandhi
"Why are literacy rates in India so low?"
"I dont know how important Literacy is.
What has it done for the West?
Are people happier or more alive to problems?
On the contrary,I think they have become more superficial"
--Indira Gandhi
"I dont know how important Literacy is.
What has it done for the West?
Are people happier or more alive to problems?
On the contrary,I think they have become more superficial"
--Indira Gandhi
"Sometimes I feel that even our Parliamentary System is moribund.
Everything is debated and debated and nothing gets done.
On top of all this,the inertia of our civil service is incredible"
--Indira Gandhi
Everything is debated and debated and nothing gets done.
On top of all this,the inertia of our civil service is incredible"
--Indira Gandhi
"JayaPrakash Narayan has always resented my being PM.
He has never discovered his true role.
Does he want to be a saint or a martyr?
Why does he refuse to accept that he has never ceased to be a politician and desires to be the Prime Minister?"
--Indira Gandhi about JP
He has never discovered his true role.
Does he want to be a saint or a martyr?
Why does he refuse to accept that he has never ceased to be a politician and desires to be the Prime Minister?"
--Indira Gandhi about JP