I see nothing wrong in sterilizing a man who has already brought eight or ten children into the world. Especially if it helps those eight or ten children to live better.

I suspected [Richard Nixon] was very pro-Pakistan. Or rather I knew that the Americans had always been in favor of Pakistan - not so much because they were in favor of Pakistan, but because they were against India.

We must protect families, we must protect children, who have inalienable rights and should be loved, should be taken care of physically and mentally, and should not be brought into the world only to suffer.

In all communities you find groups that behave badly. But you must understand them too.

The greatest of all contraceptives is affluence.

Opportunities are not offered. They must be wrested and worked for. And this calls for perseverance... and courage.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.