We are paying eight millions a year for the privilege of living on an ungrateful volcano out of which we are in no circumstances to get anything worth having.

Criticism in the body politic is like pain in the human body. It is not pleasant, but where would the body be without it?

After Independence, Congress ignored the potential of India, which is why even 6-7 decades later, the country could not achieve the success it deserved. There were two main reasons: for a long time, the Congress government kept the country entangled in a 'license raj', and when globalisation arrived, they focused only on imports and even then misappropriated thousands of crores.

When opponents keep harping on one point, it is a sure sign of success!

Neville Chamberlain looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe.

I see a government completely out of control, and money is number one. Integrity isn't even on the map.