The salvation of the world ultimately lies in moving towards universal nuclear disarmament, but that's a long distance away.

[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

Life is never free of contradictions

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

Laughter is a bodily exercise, precious to Health

It is far pleasanter to injure and afterwards beg forgiveness than to be injured and grant forgiveness. He who does the former gives evidence of power and afterwards of kindness of character.

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals

I believe good software is written by small teams of two, three, or four people interacting with each other at a very high, dense level.

Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder.

If you want to be successful at being yourself, you’re going to have to take a chance on not being like everyone else.

Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a socialist.

UFO's are as real as the airplanes flying overhead.

It's the thought that counts.