英迪拉·普里雅达希尼·甘地,分别担任两届印度总理,在最后任期期间遇刺身亡。英迪拉·甘地是印度独立后首任总理贾瓦哈拉尔·尼赫鲁的女儿,是印度近代最为著名及存有争论的政治人物之一。她一方面为印度在冷战时期的发展作出了不少贡献,维持不结盟政策,和美国及苏联皆维持密切关系,但另一方面亦因政治管理的方针而令其政绩蒙上阴影。
"You can't shake hands with a clenched fist."
"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."
"Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country."
"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 is not love where there is no will."
"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."
"The power to question is the basis of all human progress."
"The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development."
"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."
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