When I Was Young, I Was Very

I'm Not Interested In One Label Or The Other - I'm Only Interested In Solving Certain Problems, In Getting Where I Want To Go.

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.

You Cannot Shake Hands With A Clenched Fist.

I Examine The Consequences Later, When A New Situation Arises And I Then Face The New Situation. And That's It.

Until I Was About Eighteen, Yes [i Didn't Want To Get Married]. But Not Because I Felt Like A Suffragette, But Because I Wanted To Devote All My Energies To The Struggle To Free India. Marriage, I Thought, Would Have Distracted Me From The Duties I'd Imposed On Myself.