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

Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.

In all societies that have applied a form of socialism, a certain degree of social economic equality has been achieved.

The question before the advanced nations is not whether they can afford to help the developing nations, but whether they can afford not to do so.

[Mahatma Gandhi] said that the first president of India ought to be a harijan girl, an untouchable. He was so against the class system and the oppression of women that an untouchable woman became for him the epitome of purity and benediction.

As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.