"It is our duty to create a..." - Quote by Indira Gandhi
It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.
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“I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.”
“The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did.”
“I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist.”
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“Let there be justice for all. Let there be peace for all. Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all. Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.”
“Society cannot do without cultivated men. As soon as the first wants are satisfied, the higher wants become imperative.”
“Change is not always progress... A fever of newness has everywhere been confused with the spirit of progress.”
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“We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. None of us has any idea how long we're going to be here nor do I, but my feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young.”
“Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.”
“Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.”