Narendra Modi

"God is one. We dont say that [the] Hindus god is separate, Muslim god is separate, Christian god is separate. This is not our philosophy. We believe [the saying] vasudhaiva kutumbakam: "whole world is family". This is in our DNA. This is in our genetic system. I belong to a culture which culture says "the whole world is one family". How can we hate any community? Even any person? Its impossible!"

"Usually I get up at 5, it’s a habit I have had since I was in the RSS. I don’t need much sleep, three hours is enough for me. My friends and my doctors complain that it is too less, but it is sufficient for me. You can see, I have worked all day but even now I am sitting here easily talking to you."

"We had 45 lakh cases pending from 2003–2004, to which 65 lakh new cases were added, making it more than one crore pending cases. After our initiatives, there are only 20 lakh pending court cases. Now my target is that by 2010, when Gujarat will complete 50 years, we will make it no-pendency. Cases will be disposed of in the very year they are filed."

"How can you come to this conclusion? Do you have any statement in my whole life [in which] Ive ever said anything wrong against any religion? Any religious book? Any prophet? Any god? Do you have any single sentence? How one can be "anti"? And, I belong to the Hindu phil [...] and I belong to the India, the Bharat! Where our great traditions are there. What is our philosophy? We never say that "if you believe in my philosophy, then you will achieve your goal". What we say [is] that ekam sat viprah bahudha vadanti: "truth is one, [but] sages call it in a different way". So we dont believe. We believe in one god."

"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."

"I have allowed the media to behave as it wants. [...] I am not worried. The truth will certainly be known."

"Please ask Congressmen whether their candidates are in favour of running illegal butcher houses? Do they want to protect the hapless animals or the butchers?"

"I am not the ruler of Gujarat, Im a servant of Gujarat. The environment in which I grew up, seva is treated as a dharma, not power."

"Won’t you help the [g]overnment in saving Gujarat? Won’t you help us in maintaining peace and harmony? The Government of Gujarat appeals to you for help, appeals to you for śānti (peace) and saṁyam (restraint [or] self-discipline)."

"What do you mean by communal? If I speak against the terrorism, is it communal?"

"For me, development gives strongest foundation to the secularism."

"Give my word, Modi will never be PM in the 21st century, if he wants to sell tea here (AICC meet), we can arrange for it."