As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.

Mahatma Gandhi was always talking of religion...He was convinced that was right...The fact is, we young people didn't agree with him on many things.

Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

Ability is not always gauged by examination.

I had recently had the impression they were changing - not so much by becoming less pro-Pakistan as by becoming less anti-India. I was wrong. My visit to [Richard] Nixon did anything but avert the war.

The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.

If we offer something to Bangladesh, it's obvious that Bangladesh is offering something to us. And why shouldn't Bangladesh be able to keep its promises? Economically it's full of resources and can stand on its feet. Politically it seems to me led by trained people. The refugees who took shelter here are going home.