India is an Old country but a young nation…I am young and I too have a dream, I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind.

Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.

Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development.

She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.

For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.

Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.

Education must be a great equaliser in our society. It must be the tool to level the differences that our various social systems have created over the past thousands of years.