The old need the company of the young so that they renew their contact with life.

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.

In India people can't stomach this attitude of mine, and when I say, 'Hurry up, let's get to the point,' they feel hurt.

I think one should do what seems right. And if what seems right involves danger...well, one must risk the danger.

The International Control Commission isn't doing anything, it's never done anything. What good does it do to be on it or not? Before opening the embassy in Hanoi, I gave it a lot of thought, but it wasn't really a painful decision. American policy in Vietnam is what it is, in Saigon the situation is anything but normal, and I'm happy to have done what I did.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.