Top 40 Quotes by Indira Gandhi

There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.

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

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives.

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom struggles and so on.

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

I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.

The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.