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

It is legitimate to have one's own point of view and political philosophy. But there are people who make anger, rather than a deeply held belief, the basis of their actions. They do not seem to mind harming society as a whole in the pursuit of their immediate objective. No society can survive if it yields to the demands of frenzy, whether of the few or the many.

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

Mahatma Gandhi was always talking of religion...He was convinced that was right...The fact is, we young people didn't agree with him on many things.

It's true that I refused foreign aid. It's true. It wasn't my personal decision, however - it was the whole country that said no.

I learned very soon to get along by myself.

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