Prabhupada: So take your country in your[?] hand, Krsna conscious. Then surely we shall get the government. This is the prediction of a politician: “Krsna conscious, the Hare Krsna movement is spreading like epidemic. That I’m afraid within ten years they’ll get the government.”

Alex Kulik: I know.

Prabhupada: If the young men joins — immediately.

Hari-sauri: If they find out that that’s our actual plan they will…

Prabhupada: Why you should not be? It must have. Hare Krsna party. They have got Democratic Party, Republican Party, another party, Hare Krsnas. Bas.

Alex Kulik: Prasadam party.

Prabhupada: No, Hare Krsnas. That will be main thing. At least they will criticize Hare Krsna and chant Hare Krsna. (laughter) That’s all. We want. helaya sraddhaya. It is said that, helaya sraddhaya. If we respect chanting, it is very good; even by neglecting chant, that is also good. Just like Ajamila, he chanted. He never meant “Narayana.” He meant his son, but he got result. Ante narayana smrtih [SB 2.1.6]. He never meant that he’s calling for Narayana. He forgot bhakti. But Narayana took care of it that “Now anyway he’s chanting ‘Narayana.’ He must come to Vaikuntha.”

Conversation — November 15, 1976, Vrndavana