Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Atal Bihari Vajpayee:
The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
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You can change friends but not neighbours.
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Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.
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My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.
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No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.
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There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.
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The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.
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The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.
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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.
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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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Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.
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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.
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We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.
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In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.
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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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Terrorism has become a festering wound. It is an enemy of humanity.
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People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.
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I have a vision of India: an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.
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I would like that no citizen of the state feels alone and helpless. The entire nation is with them.
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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.
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