Quotes by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Indian statesman

Lived from: 1924 - 2018

Category: Politics

Born: 25 december 1924 Died: 16 august 2018

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  • Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.
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  • In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.
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  • No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.
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  • Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.
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  • People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.
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  • Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.
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  • The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.
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  • The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.
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  • The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.
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  • The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.
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  • There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states.
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  • We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put a permanent and visible end to cross-border terrorism against India.
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  • We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.
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  • You can change friends but not neighbours.
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What are the most famous quotes from Atal Bihari Vajpayee?

The two most famous quotes from Atal Bihari Vajpayee are:

  • "Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries."
  • "In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere."

When did Atal Bihari Vajpayee live?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in 1924 and died in the year 2018.