Happy Birthday Indira Gandhi!

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

Die Geschichte ist der beste Lehrer mit den unaufmerksamsten Schülern.

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.

Mein Großvater sagte mir einst, dass es zwei Sorten von Menschen gäbe. Die, die arbeiten und die, die sich die Lorbeeren für diese Arbeit einheimsen. Er sagte mir, ich solle versuchen in der ersten Gruppe zu sein; es gäbe dort viel weniger Konkurrenz.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

Aufpassen muss man auf Minister, die nichts ohne Geld machen können und auf Minister, die alles nur mit Geld machen wollen.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

Durch die Gasse der Vorurteile muss die Wahrheit ständig Spießruten laufen.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Mit einer geballten Faust kann man keinen Händedruck wechseln.

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

Mit einer geballten Faust kann man keinen Händedruck wechseln.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

Aufpassen muß man auf Minister, die nichts ohne Geld machen können und auf Minister, die alles nur mit Geld machen wollen.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

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.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

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

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

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

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

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

There is not love where there is no will.