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

To become our enemies - what an absurdity. A crazy absurdity when you stop to think that we, Muslims and Hindus, had conducted the struggle for independence together.

When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children.

I've never understood women who, because of their children, pose as victims and don't allow themselves any other activities.

in today's world no country can be absolutely independent of another. It is a world of interdependence.

Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.

I'm told [ Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto is ambitious. I hope he's very ambitious; ambition may help him see reality.