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Indira Gandhi On The Meaning Of Freedom
Brut India
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4/18/2025
Seven years after imposing the controversial Emergency in India, Indira Gandhi stressed on the importance of freedom during a visit to America... #TBT
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We believe in freedom with a passion that only those who have been denied it can understand.
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India is an ancient country and history weighs heavily on us.
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The character of its people is formed by the palimpsest of its varied experiences.
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The circumstances of its present development are shadowed by its years of colonialism and exploitation.
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Yet our ancient philosophy has withstood all onslaughts absorbing newcomers, adapting ideas and cultures.
00:39
We have developed endurance and resilience.
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In India our preoccupation is with building and development.
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Our problem is not to influence others but to consolidate our political and economic independence.
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We believe in freedom with a passion that only those who have been denied it can understand.
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We believe in equality because many in our country were so long deprived of it.
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We believe in the worth of the human being for that is the foundation of our democracy and our work for development.
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That is the framework of our national programs.
01:20
We have no global interests but we are deeply interested in the world and its affairs.
01:28
Yet we cannot get involved in power groupings.
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That would be neither to our advantage nor would it foster world peace.
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Our hand of friendship is stretched out to all.
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One friendship does not come in the way of another.
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This is not a new stand. That has been my policy since I became Prime Minister in 1966.
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