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" This is why we feel that democracy's important: because democracy allows you to have small explosions and therefore avoid the bigger explosions. "

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" Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others. "

" I've never turned to anybody for advice and counsel. Even when I was a very small child, I had to stand on my feet because of the circumstances of those times, and somehow, the circumstances have remained more or less the same. I have to take my own decisions. "

" We have to prove to the disinherited majority of the world that ecology and conservation will not work against their interest but will bring an improvement in their lives. "

" You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. "

" Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic. "

" We do not wish to impoverish the environment any further, and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers of people. Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters? "

" All the people who fought for freedom were my heroes. I mean, that was the sort of story I liked reading... freedom struggles and so on. "

" You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. "

" I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail. "

" On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods. "

" I have already reached out to the janata, and I am only trying to acquaint myself with people's problems. "

" If I see something dirty or untidy, I have to clean it up. "

" The people have nothing to fear of me; people have never feared me. "

" My son had nothing to do with policy or decision making, nor did I discuss the elections or any other matter with him. "

" The environmental problems of developing countries are not the side effects of excessive industrialisation but reflect the inadequacy of development. "

" I'm certainly not a workaholic. "

" Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. "

" There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. "

" Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. "

" The power to question is the basis of all human progress. "

" One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money. "

" I am frequently attacked. "

" All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. "

" I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation. "

" The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected. "

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" Wearing khadi was a badge of honour. It was something one was proud to do. "

" A nation' s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others. "