Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Profession : Statesman

Birth : December 25, 1924

We believe in equal respect for all faiths.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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.'

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

For the Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhian socialism is what we want to achieve and make society free of exploitation and full of opportunities.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

You can change friends but not neighbours.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

No guns but only brotherhood can resolve the problems.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Free and fair elections have again demonstrated that Jammu and Kashmir is part of India, and the people want to remain with it.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand, for victory will be ours.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Let no one challenge India's secularism.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

This power of democracy is a matter of pride for our country, something which we must always cherish, preserve and further strengthen.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Members of India's diaspora, living in distant lands of the world, my good wishes to all of you. You may be far away from India, but you are always close to our hearts.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Population needs to be stabilised for sustainable development.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee