50 Quotes by Pranab Mukherjee

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is erased from the dictionary of modern India.

In our generation, the role models were Gandhi and Nehru. We revered them. They were venerated personalities. I read almost every speech of Nehru.

Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror.

Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to the rest of India and the world by showing how the entire region can be transformed into a zone of peace, stability and prosperity.

We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year has been robust, surpassing pre-crisis export levels and pre-crisis export growth trends. We have diversified our export baskets and our export destinations.

We are not apologetic of appointing a committee to look into the economic, social, education and cultural conditions of the single largest minority group.

Militants have made about five infiltration attempts since the October 8 earthquake, including two on a single day,

It is not withdrawal but redeployment of forces from Jammu and Kashmir to the northeast as the violence level has come down.