Even today to be civilised is held to be synonymous with being westernised. Advanced countries devote large resources to formulating and spreading ideas and doctrines and they tend to impose on the developing nations their own norms and methods. The pattern of the classical acquisitive society with its deliberate multiplication of wants not only is unsuited to conditions in our countries but is positively harmful.
Indira Gandhiin today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.
Indira GandhiNot only Negroes and Jews, but also women are part of a great revolt of which one can only approve.
Indira GandhiI like to think I've provided this faith. I also think that by providing faith, I've focused their pride. I say focused because pride isn't something you give. It doesn't even break out suddenly; it's a feeling that grows very slowly, very confusedly.
Indira Gandhi