[Mahatma Gandhi] said that the first president of India ought to be a harijan girl, an untouchable. He was so against the class system and the oppression of women that an untouchable woman became for him the epitome of purity and benediction.

There are only moments of happiness - from contentment to ecstacy.

As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.

It is our duty to create a social milieu in which the young and the socially weak feel that the present and future belong to them.

If by happiness you mean ecstasy ... Yes, I've known ecstasy, and it's a blessing to be able to say it because those who can say it are very few. But ecstasy doesn't last long and is seldom if ever repeated.

I assure you we'll go on making our decisions without worrying whether it pleases or displeases the Soviet Union, China, America, France, or anyone else.

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.