Salman Khurshid Quotes

The administrative control of the government remains everywhere. You cant have a government within the country and not have control over everything thats happening in the country... Even in the Election Commission there is some extent of administrative control.

People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

We can pretend that China is not there. But China is there, and unless we put our economy on the right track, it is going to overwhelm us completely.

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.

We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention.

You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.

In democracy, every election is a learning process. You learn from every election, the one that you win and the one that you lose. And then you prepare for the next one.

We wish Pakistan both stability and security; we expect them to understand our legitimate concerns of preventing people from using its soil to inflict problem in India.

The world is waiting for us, the world wants to engage with us, the world wants to be friendly with us, the world wants to be our partner in prosperity, and the world admires India in many ways.

Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.

If we send industrialists to jail, we would be discouraging investment.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.