Some very tough decisions have to be taken. Unless hard political decisions are taken the future of the country will not be safe.Rajiv Gandhi on the petroleum price hike, in his address to the national council of the Indian Youth CongressThis is my last visit and my only request is please do not deify me. I have no disciples. Do not construct a memorial or build a temple for me. That would nullify all my teachings.J. Krishnamurtiat the last meeting of the Krishnamurti Foundation before his deathI think Edwina (Lady Mountbatten) was a great friend of my brother's. A man and a woman can be great friends. I have had many good men friends but I have not been to bed with them.Vijay Lakshmi Pandit inThe Washington PostThis is not my last supper. I am coming back.Pope John Paul IIshortly before his departure from IndiaIf Gavaskar or some other cricketer scores a century then it's front page news - they're given television sets, houses, what have you. What of the artistes?... What about them? No, there's nothing for them.Birju Maharaj,Padma Vibhushan recipient, inThe Hindustan Times Sunday MagazineIt is you people from the press who tell us what could have been done and what should not have been done; and when something goes wrong with the plan, you are the first to start blasting the captain.Kapildevin The Sunday ObserverWhat sort of secrets can an Indian journalist possibly pass on? Every bit of military purchase we make is known to outsiders anyway. Every square inch of our land including our seas and ports has been mapped by spy satellites, Russian and American.Does one have to go to Taiwan to spill the beans?M.V. Kamathin Express MagazineIf children grow up watching Chhayageet, we'll have a nation of nitwits.Hrishikesh MukherjeeinFilmfareWe want India to attack us. We would love that. Because that would seal and decide matters for ever.Sardar Qayyum Khan, president, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, inSundayPakistan is training our people. I must do something, I can't sit on my bed and say 'come, take over the country'.J.R. Jayewardene, Sri Lanka president, quoted inThe Illustrated Weekly of IndiaPublished By: AtMigration Published On: Mar 15, 1986 00:00 IST--- ENDS ---
