"When a nation is surrounded by weaponized..." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam
When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
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“India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.”
“Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.”
“One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.”
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“Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in the past, the nation has triumphed; because of the blood and sweat and tears, the labor and the anguish, through which, in the days that have gone, our forefathers moved on to triumph.”
“That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.”
“Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.”
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“I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.”
“We won't apologise for our way of life, nor will we weaver in its defence, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken, you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you.”
“On the whole our armed services have been doing pretty well in the way of keeping us defended, but I hope our State Department will remember that it is really the department of achieving peace.”