A nation with a strong defence industry will not only be more secure. It will also reap rich economic benefits - it can boost investment, expand manufacturing, support enterprise, raise the technology level and increase economic growth in the country.

I dream of a Digital India where high-speed Digital Highways unite the Nation.

A youthful nation like ours must leave an impact in the entire world.

We need an adequate defense, but every arms dollar we spend above adequacy has a long-term weakening effect upon the nation and its security.

Let no one think that the expenditure of vast sums for weapons and systems of defense can guarantee absolute safety for the cities and citizens of any nation.

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits.