Business thrives with trust. Every single business transaction is based on trust. Trust is what you deal in. From trust emerges a safe and predictable environment.Collection: Trust
Startup India is welcome for the economy, but it cannot be accompanied by 'Shut Up India' in society. What gives Startup India its strength is freedom of expression, thought, and dissent. You choke this, and you choke entrepreneurship.Collection: Freedom
Hatred, anger, and violence can destroy us: the politics of polarization is dangerous.Collection: Anger
People looked up to us for our values and leadership. But today, they laugh as we are busy debating whether one of the seven wonders of the world, the Taj Mahal, was actually built by Indians.Collection: Leadership
It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have. If you don't have position, you have nothing. That's the tragedy of India.Collection: Wisdom
A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.
I want the Congress to become an instrument for dialogue among the Indian people - all of us, from all corners of our great country, all religions, all ethnicities, all ages, genders and people - and for our dialogue to always be led by love and affection.
The BJP is trying to spread fire and violence across the country, and there is only one force that can stop it - the workers of the Congress and its leaders.
For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party.
Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
The vision that we laid out in 2004 was designed, at best, for a 10-year period. And it was pretty clear that the vision that we laid out in 2004 by the time we arrived in 2010-11 was not working anymore.
Demonetization crippled SMEs and has destroyed the unorganised sector, forcing workers to leave urban employment and go back to their villages looking for MNREGA work.
There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that's the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there's Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That's the power of India. That's the power of Indian people.
I like the concept of 'Make in India'. But the orientation of 'Make in India' is slightly different than what I would. So, the orientation of Make in India is big business, and a lot of it is defence. My orientation of 'Make in India' would be small and medium businesses.
I'm an opposition leader. But Mr Modi is also my prime minister. Mr Modi has certain skills. He's a very good communicator.
We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.
I have an aim - I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart.
What we see before us is a politics devoid of kindness and truth... today, politics is not being used in the service of the people: it is being used to crush them, not to lift them up.
It is the time to move ahead and bring the changeCollection: Moving
The Congress as I see, does not belong to me or to you, but it belongs to the whole country.Collection: Country
We need to empower everybody, not one person, not almost everybody, but everybody.Collection: Empowering
I am going to make sure that transformation happens, and I will do it in ways you cannot even imagine.Collection: Way
Nobody can refuse a person who comes and asks for a job. Nobody can refuse a poor man when he goes and asks for food. Nobody can stop any Indian if he asks a question of his government. This is what the Congress party and the UPA have done over the last 10 years.Collection: Jobs
Politics is everywhere.. it is in your shirt.. in your pants.. everywhere.Collection: Pants
If India is computer, Congress is its default program.Collection: India
We have unleashed aspirations of youngsters. Democracy is not going to go backwards. India is too big a country to be run by one person. We are going to accelerate the process of democratization and I think that is the biggest opportunity for Congress party because that is the DNA of the CongressCollection: Running
For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this partyCollection: Party
Poverty is just a state of mind.Collection: Mind
Passion is listening.Collection: Passion
It is for women to come forward and choose the path of sacrifice for serving the nation.Collection: Sacrifice
It (Congress) is a funny party. It is the largest political organization in the world but perhaps does not have a single rule or regulation. We create new rules every two minutes and then dump them. Nobody knows the rules in the partyCollection: Party
There is a work that my father had started, a dream he had dreamt. I come to you today saying...allow me to turn that dream into realityCollection: Dream
Lokpal Bill alone is not adequate to fight corruption. We need a comprehensive anti-corruption code in this country. The UPA Government has developed a powerful anti-corruption frame work consisting of eight new Central laws...... This is not about one Bill, this is about a frame work and we want to deliver that frame work to the countryCollection: Country
A rising tide raises all boats, but you need a boat to rise with the tide. What does he who does not have a boat do?Collection: Doe
Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, it's in your pants. It's everywhere.Collection: Pants
You got to stop asking your politicians how they are going to do this or that...Collection: Asking
We will work on inclusive governance for inclusive growthCollection: Growth
We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can't have potholes, they can't break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, they are going to carry strong forces.Collection: Dream
Let's fight against corruption for a better IndiaCollection: Fighting
China is referred to as the 'dragon' and India as an 'elephant'. But we are not an elephant, we are a 'beehive'.Collection: Dragons
India is the Saudi Arabia of 21st century.Collection: India
All the public systems – administration, justice, education and political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system promotes mediocrity.Collection: People
I went to University in 1991, and I remember, nobody thought of India. I remember conversations where people would laugh and say, "Do you have elephants on the road?" Nobody is saying that today.Collection: Elephants