“I would rather have a government run like hell by Filipinos than a government run like heaven by Americans.”

Give me a thousand old men and I will move Mount Semeru from its place. Give me ten young men and I will shake the world.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

I am a writer first and a woman after.

We have on this earth that which makes life worth living.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it.