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Poverty is a state of mind.
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A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
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I believe that a politician needs to be with people.
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If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.
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India absorbs things; India's not a divisive place.
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There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
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Millions of Indians are brimming with energy.
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We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
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I am not averse to politics, but that does not mean that I am going to join politics.
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What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.
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In India, we have a concept of caste. It has a concept of escape velocity. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity to attain that success. Dalits in this country need the escape velocity of Jupiter to attain success.
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It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.
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If India is computer, Congress is its default program.
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(After terrorist attacks in Mumbai) Terrorism is impossible to be stopped at all time. We will stop 99% of the attacks; 1% of the attacks will get through. You feel US has stopped all terrorist attacks? US is currently involved in Afghanistan and Iraq, where there are attacks every single day. On them. Not in US, but on them. The war has moved.
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We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can’t have potholes, they can’t break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, they are going to carry strong forces.
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Ambedkar was the first person to attain escape velocity and run away to US.
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Politics is everywhere. It’s in your shirt, it’s in your pants. It’s everywhere.
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You should stop asking your politicians how they’re gonna do it.
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India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.
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What is happening to human resources in Punjab. 7 out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.