"I don't see why we and the..." - Quote by Indira Gandhi
I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.
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“I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.”
“I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions.”
“Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.”
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“We do not deny any nation's legitimate interest in security. But protecting the security of one nation by robbing another of its national independence and national traditions is not legitimate. In the long run, it is not even secure.”
“Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand: neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of Commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with Powers so disposed; in order to give trade a stable course.”
“Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.”
More on Peace
“We do not admire a man of timid peace.”
“At the beginning of this century, people never questioned the effectiveness of war, never thought there could be real peace. Now, people are tired of war and see it as ineffective in solving anything.”
“The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.”