Indian - Statesman | December 25, 1924 -
Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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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.
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I have never been a traitor. I am not an informer; I never betrayed my nation.
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I believe the gun is no solution to problems.
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This power of democracy is a matter of pride for our country, something which we must always cherish, preserve and further strengthen.
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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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It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!
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We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.
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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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We have ended hunger, but now we have to end famine.
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Our aim should be to make India a global R&D hub.
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Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.
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