I don't see why we and the Chinese should have to be enemies.

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.

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

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

As a nation, I believe we've acquired faith in ourselves.

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

... where does strength come from? It is not muscle strength any more. It is not also mere intellectual strength. What is strength? Strength is the support of the people.