Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician, former president of the Indian National Congress and former chairman of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). She is the wife of the late Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. Coming from a prominent political family, Sonia Gandhi has always remained in the limelight. Sonia faced a lot of opposition on the issue of her foreign origin and to the surprise of everyone, she opted out from the post of Prime Minister of India and won appreciation from many. She answered her opponents in her own way. As the chairperson of the UPA, she was influential in most of the policies of the UPA government and expressed her views and thoughtson a range of issues. We have curated Sonia Gandhi's quotes from her speeches, interviews, general observations and public utterances. Here are some of the famous thoughts, slogans and quotes by Sonia Gandhi.
Congress is responsible for every major change in India
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I suppose, mother-in-laws are frightening figures. Especially, more so for mother-in-laws to be.
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The lifestyle of many of our colleagues has been very pompous. They conduct weddings and birthdays in such an ostentatious manner that it pains me a lot. It appears that they are making fun of our commitment to the poor.
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I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed.
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I am resigning my post in the parliament. I have done this because I think it is the right thing to do.
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The Maharashtra government is working out a package for the worst-affected villages of the state in the recent floods. But we know whenever such calamities occur; whatever we do is not enough...more has to be done.
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My complaint with Dr Singh is that he sometimes does not highlight his achievements enough.
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Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.
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I am an Indian. In fact, I feel like a foreigner when I go abroad.
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During Congress rule terrorism was countered effectively and firmly, whereas during the BJP regime terrorists were treated like guests and released in their own country.
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Returning to power in northern India is very important for the Congress party. No magic wand will work. We have to make our efforts. It will be a long and difficult struggle for us.
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An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor.
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The future of each of us is inter-connected and all of us should work together by following the path laid down by former leaders of the party for the development of the country and its brighter future.
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The biggest challenge at the national level is to defeat communal forces for which the support of the Left parties was essential but the party is opposed to the Left in Kerala because UDF's aim is to ensure economic development and social harmony.
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To be equitable, economic growth has to be sustainable. To be sustainable, economic growth has in turn to be all-inclusive. All-inclusive is no longer the greatest good of the greatest number. It is actually Sarvodaya or the rise of all. This Mahatma Gandhi saw as essential to Satyagraha itself.
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It was through the private world of family that the public world of politics came alive for me: living in intimate proximity with people for whom larger questions of ideology and belief, as well as issues relating to politics and governance, were vivid daily realities.
