America always thought it was helping Pakistan. But if it hadn't helped Pakistan, Pakistan would have been a stronger country.

To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.

I can't take it seriously when people get excited and scream that religion is in danger, and similar stupidities.

No one ever indoctrinated me.

We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

Little by little I changed my mind, and when I was about eighteen, I began to consider the possibility of getting married. Not to have a husband, but to have children.