For me the only point that has remained unchanged through the years is that in India there is still so much poverty.

You say this victory is dangerous. I say that today no one can yet tell if it's dangerous, that today I don't see the risks you mention. If, however, those risks should become reality...I'll act in accordance with the new reality.

I learned very soon to get along by myself.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

Life is a continuous process of adjustment.

[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.

I don't mind if my life goes in the service of the nation. If I die, every drop of my blood will invigorate the nation.