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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you're too serious to make life a laughing matter, then you seriously need to make laughter matter to you today and every day!

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.

I do not 'get' ideas ideas get me.

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters.

It seemed to me that I should have a desk, even though I had no real need for a desk. I was afraid that if I had no desk in my room my life would seem too haphazard.

Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places.

Soon, I'm going to need help crossing the street.

One should be able to teach adequately and feel good about it.

All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.