When [my father] asked me to help him, I really didn't suspect the consequences.

Finally we promised to limit the birth rate. And this you really didn't believe; you smiled scornfully. Well, even in this things have gone well. The fact is that we have grown by over seventy millions in ten years, but it's also true that we have grown less than many other countries, including the countries of Europe.

Nothing can convince me that people are at one with their work unless they're joyous about it.

People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

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

[Visiting Richard Nixon] useful only to me. The experience taught me that when people do something against you, that something always turns out in your favor.

I never believed in the danger of a third world war.