Top 10 Vajpayee Quotes

Former Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee is one of the finest statesman the country has ever produced. The Bharatiya Janata Party leader is an excellent orator, with one of the tallest political careers among his peers. Here are some of the best ever quotes Vajpayee has said on several occasions:

"I dream of an India that is prosperous, strong and caring. An India, that regains a place of honour in the comity of great nations"

"Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity."

"Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change"

"If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

"Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing"

"No guns but only brotherhood can resolve the problems."

"Ours is a multi-religious country, a multi-lingual country; we have many different modes of worship. We believe in peaceful and harmonious co-existence."

We believe in equal respect for all faiths."

"Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one’s own culture and social organisation"

"It requires an effort of logical acrobatics to believe that carnage of innocents is an instrument for freedom and elections are a symbol of deception and repression!"