“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.”

“Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?”

“I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats;If it be man's work, I'll do't.”

“Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on his back.”