Even I, when I was a student in London, often wore Western clothes, and yet I'm the most Indian Indian I know.

Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.

A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.

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.

The immediate is often the enemy of the ultimate.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

Defeats are always pitiful. Victories are always last resources.