WIST Quotations

Gandhi, Indira -- “Poverty: India’s Vital Problem,” speech, Madras University (Jan 1967)

Dave — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:03:01 +0000

Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something. You disturb the air as you go forward, you disturb the dust, the ground. You trample upon things. When a whole society moves forward this trampling is on a much bigger scale and each thing that you disturb, each vested interest which you want to remove, stands as an obstacle.

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian politician
“Poverty: India’s Vital Problem,” speech, Madras University (Jan 1967)
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Gandhi, Indira -- (Attributed)

Dave — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:34:38 +0000

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 (1917-1984) Indian politician
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Gandhi, Indira -- Quoted in Christian Science Monitor (17 May 1982)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) Indian politician
Quoted in Christian Science Monitor (17 May 1982)