[Tikka Khan] made his appeal with loudspeakers, and still he came to know of only four cases. Shall we multiply by ten and make it forty? We're still far from the senseless figures spread around by Mujib [Rahman] and Indra Gandhi.

I would not let myself be intimidated by Yahya Khan, his methods had led us to disaster.

I'm not trying to minimize things; I'm trying to bring them back to reality.

Lets build a monument for the veto. Lets build a monument for impotence and incapacity.

[Yahya Khan ] I have a big problem on my hands with him. I've set up a war commission to study the responsibilities inherent in the recent conflict.

I tried to explain that there was a great difference between me and Mujib [Rahiman]: he was a secessionist and I wasn't.

For instance, in the name of unity. You can't build without destroying.