Quotes

India's trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.

I love the sea.

My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.

All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.

Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.