Indian - Statesman | December 25, 1924 -
We believe in equal respect for all faiths.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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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.
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Whatever understanding is reached with Pakistan has to be followed honestly, and everybody will have to rise above party politics and be actively committed to make India prosperous.
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Let me make one thing clear. I have never considered mere survival in power as any achievement, just as I have never seen coming to power as an achievement in itself.
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India has a legitimate right to becoming a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
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We believe in resolving all disputes peacefully.
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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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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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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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There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.
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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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The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.
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