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

"There exists no politician in India
daring enough to attempt
to explain to the masses
that cows can be eaten."
-Indira Gandhi

"My father was a statesman,
I'm a political woman.
My father was a saint.
I'm not."
-Indira Gandhi

"I suppose leadership
at one time meant muscles;
but today it means
getting along with people."
-Indira Gandhi

"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."
-Indira Gandhi

"We must learn to be still
in the midst of activity and
to be vibrantly alive in repose."
-Indira Gandhi

"You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist."
-Indira Gandhi