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" Our words, actions, and diplomatic efforts should be aimed at trying to achieve pragmatic goals rather than creating rhetorical effect. "
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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" Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change. "
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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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" 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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" Our aim may be as high as the endless sky, but we should have a resolve in our minds to walk ahead, hand-in-hand, for victory will be ours. "
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" The spending in science and technology need to be to increased. "
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" Let no one challenge India's secularism. "
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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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