In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

You can change friends but not neighbours.

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.

We do not believe that a nuclear war should be fought, and we do not believe that a nuclear war can be won.

Freedom is incomplete without social justice.

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

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