Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.

I'm certainly not tired - work doesn't tire people, it's getting bored that's tiring.

When it's impossible, it's better to stoop to compromise, without resisting and without complaining. People who complain are selfish.

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.

Forgiveness is the virtue of Brave.

What does nonalignment mean? It means we don't belong to any military bloc and that we reserve the right to be friends with any country, independently of the influence of any country. All this has remained unchanged after the signing of the Indo-Soviet treaty, and others can say or think what they like - our policy won't change because of the Soviet Union.

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.