My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

I like to think I've provided this faith. I also think that by providing faith, I've focused their pride. I say focused because pride isn't something you give. It doesn't even break out suddenly; it's a feeling that grows very slowly, very confusedly.

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.

I was a perfect housewife. Being a mother has always been the job I liked best. Absolutely.

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.