“Our pride has grown in the last twenty-five years, though others don't understand it and underestimate it.”

“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.”

“As my father [Javāharlāl Nehrū] said, you have to keep an open mind, but you have to pour something into it - otherwise ideas slip away like sand between your fingers.”

“I always stayed married to my husband! Always, until the day he died! It's not true that we were separated!”

“Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.”

“So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh at gilded butterflies.”

“Merrily, merrily shall I live now,Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.”

“All is well ended if this suit be won. That you express content; which we will pay, With strife to please you, day exceeding day.”