Atal Bihari Vajpayee Quotes

My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the de-spirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

• War
• Fighting
• Poetry
• Victory
• Soldier
• Warrior

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• My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the de-spirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory.

  

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  • War
  • Fighting
  • Poetry