When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

No, I'm not joking. I'm not joking [about serving a 3rd term as President], but it is far too early to think about it. There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know.

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

He [President Franklin D. Roosevelt] died in harness, and we may well say in battle harness, like his soldiers, sailors and airmen who died side by side with ours and carrying out their tasks to the end all over the world. What an enviable death was his.

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

Let me make it clear that I do not assert that a President and the Congress must on all points agree with each other at all times.