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

"My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint, I am a sinner."

"Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it."

"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."

"The greatest revolution in a country is when women are educated."