"The best and noblest gifts of humanity cannot be the monopoly of a particular race or country; its scope may not be limited nor may it be regarded as the miser's hoard buried underground."

"A leader or a man of action in a crisis is not a good person if he is not a little mad."

"By education I am an Englishman, by views an internationalist, by culture a Muslim and a Hindu only by accident of birth."

"If any person raises his hand to strike down another on the ground of religion, I shall fight him till the last breath of my life, both as the head of the government and from the outside."

"The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all."