Atal Bihari Vajpayee quotes

Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.

I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations.

Our nuclear scientists and engineers have done a splendid job, and naturally, the entire nation has risen to salute their professional excellence, discipline, and patriotism. They have had the benefit of having been led in the past by great men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai.

India helped Bangladesh to achieve independence. The Bangladeshis should remain happy inside the territory of their own country.

We need to convert the extraordinary goodwill between India and Russia into a thriving, visible, vigorous, and mutually beneficial economic relationship.

Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.

I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in combating terrorism, in energy and environment, science and technology and international peacekeeping.

For development, peace is essential.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

The spending in science and technology need to be to increased.

Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.

The regional parties have emerged as a strong force, and they, too, deserve a place in national politics.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.

My poet's heart gives me strength to face political problems, particularly those which have a bearing on my conscience.

We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

We want peace to be permanent.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

It is true that of all the states in India, Nagaland has a unique history. We are sensitive to this historical fact. But this uniqueness has in no way diminished the spirit of patriotism among the Naga people.

My message to the people and rulers of Pakistan is, 'As neighbours, we want peace and friendship and cooperation with you so that together we can change the face of South Asia.'

We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars... if we must wage war, we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.

Neither India nor Russia perceives a threat from the strength of the other. Each sees a benefit for itself in the increased political and economic strength of the other.

I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.

We believe in equal respect for all faiths.

The BJP is not a party dependent on a single individual, nor is it tied to the apron strings of a family.

As we talk with candour, we open the doors to new possibilities and new areas of cooperation in advance in democracy, in combating terrorism, in energy and environment, science and technology and international peacekeeping.

We believe in equal respect for all faiths.