No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.

I have a vision of India-an India free of hunger and fear, an India free of illiteracy and want.

There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.

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.

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.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

You can change friends but not neighbours.