Producer: Priyanka Das Editor: Mohit Bisht

10 Inspiring Quotes By Atal Bihari Vajpayee

“We are unnecessarily wasting our precious resources in wars… we have to do it on unemployment, disease, poverty, and backwardness.”

“You can change our friends but not neighbours.”

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”

“It is easy to win elections by raising the slogan of “garibi hatao” but slogans do not remove poverty.”

“Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.”

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

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

“Let no one challenge India's secularism.”

“The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.”

“Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.”