Look, I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left. And I don’t at all care who’s on the right or left or in the center. Even th… - Indira Gandhi

We admired Dr. King. We felt his loss as our own. The tragedy rekindled memories of the great martyrs of all time who gave their lives so that men might live and grow. We thought of the great men in your own country who fell to the assassin's bullet and of Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom here in this city, this very month, twenty-one years ago. Such events remain as wounds in the human consciousness, reminding us of battles, yet to be fought and tasks still to be accomplished. We should not mourn for men of high ideals. Rather we should rejoice that we had the privilege of having had them with us, to inspire us by their radiant personalities.

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

There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.