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

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

Never forget that when we are silent, we are one. And when we speak we are two.

It's not right to say that my father influenced me more than others, and I wouldn't be able to say whether my personality was formed more by my father or my mother or the Mahatma [Gandhi] or the friends who were with us.

You must also understand us - always undervalued, underestimated, not believed. Even when we believed, you didn't believe us. You said, 'How is it possible to fight without violence?' But without violence we obtained freedom.

[ Zulfikar Ali] Bhutto is not a very balanced man. When he talks, you never understand what he means. What does he mean this time? That he wants to be friends with us? We've wanted to be friends with him for some time; I've always wanted to.

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