I began to associate with Mahatma Gandhi when he came and went in our house - together with my father and mother he was on the executive committee. After independence I worked with him a lot - in the period when there were the troubles between Hindus and Muslims, he assigned me to take care of the Muslims. To protect them.
Indira GandhiUntil I was about eighteen, yes [I didn't want to get married]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because I wanted to devote all my energies to the struggle to free India. Marriage, I thought, would have distracted me from the duties I'd imposed on myself.
Indira GandhiOne must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.
Indira GandhiAs my father [Javฤharlฤl Nehrลซ] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.
Indira Gandhi