We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination. Atal Bihari Vajpayee More Quotes by Atal Bihari Vajpayee More Quotes From Atal Bihari Vajpayee Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation. Atal Bihari Vajpayee moneypowerfuleducation I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want. Atal Bihari Vajpayee visionindiawant Freedom is incomplete without social justice. Atal Bihari Vajpayee social-justicesocialjustice You can change friends but not neighbours. Atal Bihari Vajpayee neighbourbiharchange If you do not like anything in a particular book, then sit and discuss it. Banning a book is not a solution. We have to tackle it ideologically. Atal Bihari Vajpayee solutionsparticularbook Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary. Atal Bihari Vajpayee nuclearadventuretravel The success of family welfare depends on giving women complete freedom with their lives. The need of the hour is that people should plan their families as per their convenience and get the bare minimum health facilities. Atal Bihari Vajpayee givingpeopleneeds India has no dearth of brave young men and women and if they get the opportunity and help then we can compete with other nations in space exploration and one of them will fulfil her dreams. Atal Bihari Vajpayee dreamopportunitymen Let us together commence a journey of peace, harmony and progress in South Asia. Atal Bihari Vajpayee progressjourneytogether Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries. Atal Bihari Vajpayee biharmeancountry We do not believe that a nuclear war should be fought, and we do not believe that a nuclear war can be won. Atal Bihari Vajpayee nuclearwarbelieve Did Indira Gandhi ask for somebody's permission to carry out the test in 1974? Atal Bihari Vajpayee testspermissionmotivational We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest. Atal Bihari Vajpayee biharselfworld 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. Atal Bihari Vajpayee india-and-pakistanplaybelieve 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. Atal Bihari Vajpayee india-and-pakistanusemeaningful No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism. Atal Bihari Vajpayee biharabetterrorism 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. Atal Bihari Vajpayee india-and-pakistanpeopleyears The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be. Atal Bihari Vajpayee biharinstitutionsreality Declaring victory without war .. the belief that India gave up the option of war under American pressure is totally wrong. Atal Bihari Vajpayee victorypressurewar 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. Atal Bihari Vajpayee perceptionuniquecountry
