In An Underdeveloped Society, The First Anxiety

All My Games Were Political Games; I Was, Like Joan Of Arc, Perpetually Being Burned At The Stake.

The India I Want, I'll Never Tire Of Repeating, Is A More Just And Less Poor India, One Entirely Free Of Foreign Influences. If I Thought The Country Was Already Marching Toward These Objectives, I'd Give Up Politics Immediately And Retire As Prime Minister.

It Is Our Duty To Create A Social Milieu In Which The Young And The Socially Weak Feel That The Present And Future Belong To Them.

You've Never Been Very Generous, You Westerners, Toward Us Indians. You Should Have Seen That Things Were Changing, Albeit Slowly. You Should Have Seen That Something Was Happening. Not Much, But Something.

My Father Was Prime Minister, And To Take Care Of His Home, To Be His Hostess, Automatically Meant To Have My Hands In Politics - To Meet People, To Know Their Games, Their Secrets.