Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.

Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.

It is true that when you make a boy educated, it gives benefit to one family but when you make a girl educated, its benefit goes to two families. Another important fact is that the children of an educated woman do not remain uneducated.

That is how our nation has been built - by a partnership between citizen and government, between individual and society, between a family and the wider community.

I have nothing but unreserved praise for our armed forces, paramilitary and internal security forces. Their sacrifices to preserve the integrity and unity of our country present a saga of unparalleled courage and discipline.

Demonetisation has boosted our efforts to build an honest society.

A confident and forward-looking nation is built by confident and forward-looking young people.

We stand with the government and people of Afghanistan in their quest for peace, stability and prosperity.

In a democracy, nothing is more sacred than the mandate given by the people.

India's history and destiny, India's legacy and future, are a function of coexistence and conciliation, of reform and reconciliation.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has created an unprecedented situation around the world.

The economic partnership between India and Italy is strong.

The government can build institutional infrastructure to address the paradox of floods and calamities in some parts of the country, and water scarcity in other parts.

The issues of environment, health and education should be taken up vigorously.

A civic-minded nation is built by civic-minded neighbourhoods, whether in our cities or our villages. Where we respect the next-door person's space, privacy and rights. Where we do not inconvenience our neighbours - while celebrating a festival or while resorting to a protest or on any other occasion.

The stress on the moral basis of policy and action, belief in unity and discipline, faith in a synthesis of heritage and science, and promotion of the rule of law and of education - all of it is located in a partnership between citizen and government.

Who the voter chooses to vote for is up to him or her, I would only request all eligible voters to go out and vote.

The power to stay your hand is far greater than the power to strike with your hand and hinsa has no place in the society.

My Government is committed to the equitable development of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir.

India is proud of the achievements of ISRO.

Nations are not built by governments alone. The government can at best be a facilitator, and a trigger for society's innate entrepreneurial and creative instincts.

The dominance of daughters in the country has started rising. This is a good social change.

Students and teachers should be sensitive towards the themes of empowerment of the marginalised.

Our aspiration must be to reform, upgrade and enlarge our education system - and to make it relevant to 21st century realities of the digital economy, genomics, robotics and automation.