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Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the orator: Here are excerpts from former PM's iconic speeches
Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away on Thursday evening, was known for his oratory skills.
1.Inaugural speech of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the UGC
December 28, 2002
Education, in the truest self of the term, is a process of self-discovery. It is the art of self-sculpture. It trains the individual not so much in specific skills or in a specific branch of knowledge, but in the flowering of his or her latent intellectual, artistic and humanist capacities. The test of education is whether it imparts an urge for learning and learnability, not this or that particular set of information.
2.In Parliament on the 1998 nuclear tests
1998
The Pokhran-2 nuclear tests were conducted neither for self-glorification nor for any display of machismo. But this has been our policy, and I think it is also the policy of the nation, that there should be minimum deterrence, which should also be credible. This is why we took the decision to conduct tests.
3.At Peking University
2003
One cannot wish away the fact that before good neighbours can truly fraternise with each other, they must first mend their fences.
4.12th SAARC Summit
January 2004
Mutual suspicions and petty rivalries have continued to haunt us. As a result, the peace dividend has bypassed our region. History can remind us, guide us, teach us or warn us; it should not shackle us. We have to look forward now, with a collective approach in mind.
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5.At Global Convention on Peace and Non-violence
31 January 2004
We in India are inheritors to a great civilisation whose life chant has been "Shanti" that is, Peace and "Bhaichara" which means, Brotherhood. India has never been an aggressor nation, a colonizer or a hegemon in her long history. In modern times, we are alive to our responsibility to contribute to peace, friendship and cooperation both in our region and around the world.
6.58th Session of UN General Assembly
25 September 2003
Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, healthcare, skills enhancement, political participation at all levels from the local to the global, access to natural resources, clean water and air, and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation.
7.Freedom of press
2003
The freedom of the press is an integral part of Indian democracy. It is protected by the Constitution. It is guarded in a more fundamental way by our democratic culture. This national culture not only respects freedom of thought and expression, but also has nurtured a diversity of viewpoints unmatched anywhere in the world.
8.On Jammu and Kashmir
2003
Gun can solve no problem; brotherhood can. Issues can be resolved if we move forward guided by the three principles of Insaaniyat (humanism), Jamhooriyat (democracy) and Kashmiriyat (Kashmir's age-old legacy of amity).
