Quotes from Sushma Swaraj

I am a personal advocate of strong ties between India and Israel, so I am very happy to see that our relations are progressing so well in all fields of our engagement.

History proves that those who seed extremist ideologies reap a bitter harvest.

When two friends sit together, what do they want? They want to talk their hearts out to each other, share what they feel.

People can overlook any shortcoming, but they will not tolerate arrogance.

Reform cannot be cosmetic.

India's engagement with the ASEAN region lies in the clarity of the principles that we share.

Development of seamless physical connectivity is key for achieving regional growth, employment, and prosperity.

An environment of peace and security is essential for regional cooperation to progress and achieve economic development and prosperity of our people.

Protectionism in all its forms should be rejected, and efforts should be made to discipline measures that constitute barriers to trade.

The SCO countries have been connected historically through shared commonalities, which we are constantly rejuvenating.

A leader is not born out of the blue. You have to know the pulse of the people from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and from Gujarat to Guwahati. You have to relate yourself with them, and only then does one become a leader.

This is the era of television and media. If you do not raise issues, then people say that the MLA does not speak in the House. You have to play an effective role in the assembly. Raise issues related to your area.

Abduction of Father Tom Uzhunnalil is a matter of grave concern for us.

India has been a longstanding and reliable development partner of Bangladesh.

The home ministry's role should be focused. There are so many items under it today; it has to look after even official languages. There should be a minister looking after internal security, and the remaining things should go under another ministry. Things like official languages can be looked after by the human resources development ministry.

The Ganga remains sacred from Gomukh, its source, to Ganga sagar, where it enters the ocean. It sanctifies the tributaries, which attain the very nature of Ganga. Similar is Sanskrit; sacred by itself, it sanctifies all that come into its contact.

The brutality against the Baloch people represents the worst form of State oppression.

Democracy cannot be imagined without Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha, and they cannot be imagined without MPs and MLAs.

I have toured my constituency maximum number of times as a member of the Lok Sabha among the MPs from Madhya Pradesh.

If the U.N. is ineffective, the whole concept of multilateralism will collapse.

If there is an interpreter sitting between two friends, he may be able to translate the words but not the feelings with which I say something.

People often ask us what we get by our frequent travel to countries. I want to tell them we do not travel to have fun; we travel to build our relationship with other countries, and it is because of our ties with these countries that we were able to rescue 7,000 people from Yemen.

The asanas that happen in yoga... namaz also has those kriyas.

The U.N. is biggest platform for all nations. But slowly, its significance, effect, dignity, and use is being reduced. We should worry that we don't meet the same fate as League of Nations. Their descent was caused as they were not ready for reform. We shouldn't repeat that mistake.