The India I want, I'll never tire of repeating, is a more just and less poor India, one entirely free of foreign influences. If I thought the country was already marching toward these objectives, I'd give up politics immediately and retire as prime minister.

When you look at the beginning of the actual war, it's not hard to recognize that the Pakistanis were the ones to attack.

I'm not interested in one label or the other - I'm only interested in solving certain problems, in getting where I want to go.

I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.

Mankind will endure when the world appreciates the logic of diversity.

In fact the communists gained strength in India when the people thought my party was moving to the right. And they were correct.

Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.