As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity.

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

I believe all societies, all thriving societies of the future are going to be multicultural societies.

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.

I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different, new era of Indo-American relationship of trust, of working together, partnership strengthened both by our commitment to common values, and also the identity of interests.

I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.

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.