Today, I accept this thing before you people, before the world that if we the people of India and several other people like me had not become familiar with the ideas of venerable Bapu, had we not made an attempt to understand his philosophy, had we not assessed his thoughts by giving it to the world had we not understood them then perhaps this programme would not have become a priority for any government
आज मी तुमच्यासमोर हे स्वीकारतो की जर आपण भारतीय आणि माझ्यासारखे अनेक लोक पूज्य बापूंच्या विचारांशी परिचित झाले नसते, एक विद्यार्थी म्हणून त्यांचे व्यक्तिमत्व जाणून-समजून घेण्याचा प्रयत्न केला नसता , त्यांनी सांगितलेल्या गोष्टी जगाला सांगून त्या समजून घेतल्या नसत्या तर बहुधा कुठल्याही सरकारसाठी हा कार्यक्रम प्राधान्य बनला नसता.