From Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech here Friday:
- I am amidst you not as the Prime Minister but as the Prime Servant.
- The day of independence is a festival.
- A national festival is an occasion to refine and rebuild the national character.
- Freedom can be a festival of inspiration to take India to newer heights.
- A boy from small town, a poor family has got the opportunity to pay homage to the tricolour at the Red Fort. This is the strength of India's democracy.
- We want to move ahead on the basis of a strong consensus.
- I am an outsider for Delhi.
- I have started making efforts at making the government, not an assembled entity but an organic unity, a harmonious whole.
- People in the government are very capable.
- Everything is not for self-interest only. There are certain things meant for the country.
- When we hear about incidents of rape, we hang our heads in shame.
- A rapist is also someone's son.
- Maoists ... are also somebody's children
- Shoulder the plough instead of the gun.
- The poison of casteism and communalism ... are obstacles in our way forward.
- Development is the only way forward.
- Economic resources of the country should be utilized for the well being of the poor.
- Come, Make in India! Come, Manufacture in India!
- Our youngsters ... have mesmerized the whole world with their skills in computers.
- Our dream is of Digital India.
- E-governance paves the way for good governance.
- IT has the potential to connect each and every citizen.
- When there is talk of a tea seller, I feel a sense of belongingness.
- Cleanliness is very big work.
- Dignity of women is not our collective responsibility?
- I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty.
- I have great faith in the statements by ascetics, sages and saints.
- Can we not defeat poverty?
- I seek cooperation from neighbouring countries to fight poverty.
- If you work for 12 hours, I will do so for 13 hours. If you work for 14 hours, I will do so for 15 hours.
- The army is vigilant, we should also be vigilant.
