“I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these…”

“I am not interested in a long life. I am not afraid of these things. I don't mind if my life goes in the service of this nation. If I die today, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.”

— Indira Gandhi

Verification

Attributed

Recorded by a reliable secondary source; exact wording may differ.

Imported from Wikiquote; not yet checked by QuoteQuest against the original source.

Source

Title: Wikiquote: Indira Gandhi
Type: reference · Secondary source
Held by: Wikiquote

View source at Wikiquote

Context

Speech, Bhubaneswar, India (October 30, 1984), quoted in "Death in the Garden," by William E. Smith, Time (November 12, 1984) [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,926929-3,00.html].

Cite this source

Gandhi, Indira. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Indira Gandhi. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Indira_Gandhi

Check citations against your institution's style guide; some details may be missing.

Provenance: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)