Lokmanya Tilak said "Swaraj is my birthright" but now the people of India must say, "Surajya is my birthright".

National security is a serious matter and I do not think it is in proper to discuss such details in a public forum.

Education does not mean knowledge (gyan) only, it also contains a life within it; it is not an arrangement, it is a duty. It is not merely a means of livelihood; it is the precious treasure of the noble tradition of giving, bestowing.

It is a tribute to Indian democracy that a person from a poor family, an ordinary family, is today addressing the nation from the Red Fort.

I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.

Coming out of indecisiveness and being determined is the pre condition for being called young.

The 21st Century should be India's century but from 2004 to 2014 bad ideas and bad actions have affected the country adversely. Every day was a new bad day and there were new scandals. People were furious.