We are Indians, firstly and lastly.

I want to lead Canada. All of Canada, not just parts of Canada. ... I am not going to write off certain parts of the country just because we had a tough past 10 years. Or, tough past 100 years.

I'm nauseatingly pro-American. It is where great things are possible.

Together, we will have one great American future. Our potential is unlimited. We will be one people, under one God, saluting one American flag.

It is the prime responsibility of every citizen to feel that his country is free and to defend its freedom is his duty. Every Indian should now forget that he is a Rajput, a Sikh or a Jat. He must remember that he is an Indian and he has every right in this country but with certain duties.

We face the arduous days that lie before us in the warm courage of national unity.