But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness;if you deny fate life becomes the series of missed opportunities, a regret for what never was and could have been, a remorse of what was not done and could have been done, and the present is wasted, twisted into another missed oppurtunity.

Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.

When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.

This Islam business kidnapped me.

Instead of learned young people we have donkeys with University degrees. Instead of future leaders we have mollusks with expensive blue jeans and phony revolutionaries with ski masks. And do you know what? Maybe this is another reason why our Moslem invaders have such an easy game.

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.