Press man: Do you know how many followers there are in the United States now?

Prabhupada: Unlimited. [devotees roar] Some of them admit and some of them do not admit. That’s all. [laughter] Everyone is eternally servant of God, but some of them admit and some of them do not admit. That is the difficulty.

Srila Prabhupada, Ratha-yatra Address and Press Conference — July 5, 1970, San Francisco