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

You said, 'Planning is something for communist countries; democracy and planning don't go together!' But, with all the errors we committed, our plans succeeded.

Now I don't get upset by unpleasant things, I don't play the victim, and I'm always ready to come to terms with life.

I cannot understand how anyone can be an Indian and not be proud.

I never believed in the danger of a third world war.

I always wanted to have children - if it had been up to me, I would have had eleven. It was my husband who wanted only two.

I want to succeed. And I want to succeed in the best way possible, without caring whether people call my actions leftist or rightist.