Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Profession : Statesman

Birth : December 25, 1924

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

If the elections are a mere fraud, why are terrorists being trained and infiltrated into India at the command of the Inter-Services Intelligence Agency of Pakistan to kill election candidates and to intimidate voters?

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I try to indulge my muse whenever I am able to get away from it all.

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We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.

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Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

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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.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. It is not as if India became secular after they came. They came with their own modes of worship, and they, too, were given a place of honor and respect. They had the freedom to worship God as per their wish and inclination.

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For me, power was never an attraction.

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The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

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For development, peace is essential.

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

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India has never played politics with national security.

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If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

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If Pakistan had not accepted the demand to stop cross-border infiltration and the United States had not conveyed to us Pakistan's guarantee to do so, then nothing could have stopped a war.

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

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Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

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

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During the 1942 Quit India Movement, I was a student at Gwalior High School. I was arrested by the British for participating in the movement. My parents then sent me off to my village where, again, I jumped into the movement.

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We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.

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No one can be considered untouchable on political grounds.

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