Quotes by Narendra Modi

“We must ensure that technology is accessible, affordable, and adds value.”

“The pace at which people are taking to digital technology defies our stereotypes of age, education, language and income.”

“Information, education, skills, healthcare, livelihood, financial inclusion, small and village enterprises, opportunities for women, conservation of natural resources, distributed clean energy - en...”

“I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.”

“I don't carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.”

“Our constitution is a ray of hope: H for harmony, O for Opportunity, P for people's participation and E for equality.”

“I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.”

“I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.”

“We want an Afghanistan that is shaped by the dreams of the great Afghan people, not by irrational fears and overreaching ambitions of others.”

“Participation of all, for the development of all.”

“I have the ability to pick stones thrown at me to build a staircase to climb up.”

“It is not necessary that all the time there will be so much anger against the government. But the process educates people — the process of political awareness building is a constant one and must co...”

“I did not become the Chief Minister of [Gujarat] on 7th October 2001. I have always been a 'C.M.', I am a C.M. today and will remain a C.M. tomorrow because by 'C.M.' I mean common man or Aam Aadmi.”

“It is our endeavour to remove all kinds of divides—those between the high and low, touchables and untouchables—as well as other aspects of discrimination which have filled people’s hearts with conf...”

“I am familiar with the traditions of this institution... If we examine the millennia-old gurukūl tradition, we will find that most of those who became immortal [through their great actions] in hist...”

“Due to 1000 years of slavery, we have developed a mindset that we are inferior. Those who ruled over us have consistently carried out ideological assaults to remind us that we are useless as people...”

“We need to create awareness that this country of 100 crores, immersed in the quagmire of pessimism and weighed down by guilt, is actually a very worthy society. It has the ability to offer a lot of...”

“This ‘sense of rights’ (adhikār bhāv) is making us indifferent towards ‘sense of duty’ (kartavya bhāv). Any society where the sense of duty is destroyed and the sense of rights alone triumphs hurtl...”

“It is my tamannā (deep desire) to do something for our society; I am inspired by the desire to live and die for my country; ...I want the glory of Gujarat to reach the whole world. ...I’ve used the...”

“I've not come to defeat or to put down anyone... I've come to win the hearts of the people of Rajkot.”