I should like to express our profound gratitude to the Americans of Indian origin. The way they have conducted themselves, the way they have worked hard to carve out a niche for themselves in the Silicon Valley, I think this has also given America a new idea about what India is capable of.

I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things.

We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.

Democracy is good for world peace.

I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.

I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.