“I mean, winning an election is no big deal. It's what you do with the power afterward that matters. And, well, for me anyway, it's proving you can do something entirely on your own, entirely your own way and for a commitment that is larger than yourself.”

— Maneka Gandhi

After being elected in 1989, as quoted in Gandhi Family Rebel Charts a New Role in India's Politics http://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-01/news/vw-315_1_maneka-gandhi, Los Angeles Times (1 December 1989) <br class="br">1981-1990

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