I have certain objectives. They're the same objectives my father had to give people a higher standard of living, to do away with the cancer of poverty, to eliminate the consequences of economic backwardness.

I assure you we'll go on making our decisions without worrying whether it pleases or displeases the Soviet Union, China, America, France, or anyone else.

The meek may one day inherit the earth, but not the headlines.

Every democratic system evolves its own conventions. It is not only the water but the banks which make the river.

The future doesn't frighten me, even if it threatens to be full of other difficulties.

I said that my father was not a politician. I, instead, think I am. But not in the sense of being interested in a political career - rather in the sense that I think it necessary to strive to build a certain India, the India I want.

Happiness is such a fleeting point of view - there's no such thing as continual happiness.