I consider it to be the meaning of my whole life and my obligation to serve my fatherland and our people.

I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.

I dedicate the love, enthusiasm, welcome and respect given to me to the feet of 125 crore children of Mother India.

As President of Russia and the Supreme Commander, as a citizen of Russia, I will do everything to defend the country, protect the Constitution, lives and safety, liberty of our citizens.

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.

I have one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?