The presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses.

I bring to the work [of president] an honest heart; I dare not tell you that I bring a head sufficient for it.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.

Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.

I am not the ruler of Gujarat, I'm a servant of Gujarat. The environment in which I grew up, seva is treated as a dharma, not power.