Our way is straight and clear - the building up of a socialist democracy at home, with freedom and prosperity for all, and the maintenance of world peace and friendship with all nations abroad.

The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.

We believe in peace and peaceful development, not only for ourselves but for people all over the world.

True democracy or the swaraj of the masses can never come through untruthful and violent means.

The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals.

We have now to fight for peace with the same courage and deter-mination as we fought against aggression.

That loyalty to the country comes ahead of all other loyalties. And this is an absolute loyalty, since one cannot weight it in terms of what one receives.

Those who govern must see how the people react to administration. Ultimately, the people are the final arbiters.

India will have to hang down her head in shame if even one person is left who is said in any way to be untouchable.

The rule of law should be respected so that the basic structure of our democracy is maintained and further strengthened.

The economic issues are most vital for us and it is of the highest importance that we should fight our biggest enemies - Poverty, unemployment.

Such kings can destroy a world, just as easily as they can build one.

When you value someone, it merely shows that you truly have no idea about the person that they aren't showing you.

Riding in a carriage without an escort is modern. But traveling out and about unescorted is unheard of.

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

She sang a lot of songs. 'The Bear Went Over the Mountain' and things like that. But the one she was really good at singing was 'I Found a Peanut.' Now I know why she sang that so many times.

Love abounds in all things, excels from the depths to beyond the stars, is lovingly disposed to all things. She has given the king on high the kiss of peace.

He who would reach the desired goal must, while a boy, suffer and labor much and bear both heat and cold. [Lat., Qui studet optatam cursu coningere metam Multa tulit fecitque puer, sudavit et alsit.]

I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry.

In our hearts those of us who know anything worth knowing know that in March a new year begins, and if we plan any new leaves, it will be when the rest of Nature is planning them too.

You cannot eat apples planted from seeds. They must be grafted, cloned.