I have always regarded myself, in the first place, as an African patriot.

To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.

My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than can be reasonably expected; but your country is at stake, your wives, your houses and all that you hold dear. You have worn yourselves out with fatigues and hardships, but we know not how to spare you. If you will consent to stay one month longer, you will render that service to the cause of liberty, and to your country, which you probably can never do under any other circumstances.

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?

I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.

My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.