With us, the people of India, rests the real power to decide our collective future.

We the People' are the prime movers of the Republic.

Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy.

My government is giving residential, health facilities to poor as poverty can be removed only by empowering them.

The pace of change and development in our country is rapid and appreciable.

It is the duty of every parent, citizens, yours and mine to strengthen among boys the sense of respect towards women.

In pursuing the cherished goal of gender justice, to mention one example, the Supreme Court of India has always been proactive and progressive.

There are so many people and organisations that work quietly and diligently for the poor and the disadvantaged. We should also work with unity and purpose to ensure that the benefits of government policies reach all sections of society.

A tradition I remember from my childhood was that when there was a wedding in any one family, the entire village shared the responsibility and contributed. Regardless of the caste or community, the bride became the daughter of not just a single family but of the entire village.

Our Constitution framers were men and women with great foresight. They understood the majesty of the rule of law, and of rule by laws.

Citizens do not just make up and preserve a Republic; they are its ultimate stakeholders and in fact pillars.

A Republic is its people.

My Government has not only enhanced the credibility and prestige of the passports held by the Indian diaspora but has also stood by them in their hour of need.

Prior to the 2014 General Election, the country was passing through a phase of uncertainty. After the elections, my government assumed charge and vowed to build a New India. A New India with no place for imperfect, corrupt and inertia ridden systems.

Any effort to destabilise any government, taking refuge in one's ideology for promoting violence, conspiring to destabilise and break the country, I feel there cannot be a bigger crime than this.

Our saints had said that Earth existed 1.96 million years ago. Earlier, science did not accept this, but later, it had to.

No one can divide the people of India.

India's Muslims know that India is the only country in the world where Islam's all 72 sects are found. No other nation, not even Muslim countries, have all the 72 sects of Islam.

The day corruption charges are levelled against me, I would retire and sit at home.

The Government of India should take all political parties into confidence before arriving at an agreement with Pakistan.

I can claim with total honesty that no home minister has visited Kashmir as many times as I have.

Can any nation claim, guarantee, that there will be no terror strike?

In 1971, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defeated Pakistan, and our leader, A. B. Vajpayee, who was in the Opposition, praised her, and she was credited with the military victory, similarly, why can't Prime Minister Narendra Modi be credited for the Balakot air strike?

I cannot discriminate on the basis of Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian.