Nothing lasts forever, and no one can predict what will happen to me in the near or distant future.

In India you don't find propaganda against Pakistan. During the war there was a little of it, naturally, but even during the war we were able to control it. In fact the Pakistanis were astonished by this. There were prisoners in the camp hospitals who exclaimed, 'What? You're a Hindu doctor and you want to cure me?'

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

People with clenched fists can not shake hands.

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.

Popularity is not a gurantee of quality.