Quotes from Subramanian Swamy

I know the rule. I know law. I know economics. I know parliament. That's an explosive combination.

I'm not BJP's servant.

Russia is a bankrupt country. It just lives on oil revenues.

If it's Clinton versus Trump, all Indians are voting for Trump.

BJP should direct our Ministers to wear traditional and modernised Indian clothes while abroad. In coat and tie, they look like waiters.

The Aadhar data that was leaked to American companies was, in a way, a betrayal to the country.

As a nation builder, Nehru was a complete failure.

The UPA awarded Brijesh Mishra with the second highest award of the country after Bharat Ratna. I am suggesting that he was a Congress bug, a cat's paw. He was Congress' Trojan Horse. Even as he was the NSA, he worked for the Congress party.

Essentially, the BJP is nothing more than a north Indian party. Its mentality is also north Indian. They are quite capable of backtracking on the issues relating to Tamil Nadu if it suits them. But I will not allow that.

Ahmed Patel and Sonia Gandhi are not too different political personalities.

The RBI governor post is very high in the Warrant of Precedence and requires a patriotic and unconditional commitment to our nation.

Secular intellectuals may wax eloquent about 'true Islam' being humane and peaceful, on TV programmes, but it is clear that they have not read any authoritative translations of the Koran, the Sira, and the Hadith.

Hindutva is an idea where you learn things that schools and colleges do not teach you - to say we are all one because DNA says there is no such thing as Aryan or Dravidian.

If someone gives you support, and there are no conditions attached, why shouldn't I accept it?

The black money issue should not be misunderstood as one of merely avoiding taxes. It is, in fact, a major systemic crime of denying the nation's financial system the proceeds of wealth. Such denial should actually be declared as treason, where opportunities to share the wealth for the benefit of the poor are wilfully denied.

Madurai is a city with a long political history. It was at the centre of the anti-Brahmin movement, the anti-Hindi movement, the Dravidian movement, and was a pro-LTTE city. Yet, this city has elected me, the very antithesis of all these movements.

The BJP is only a front organisation. It is not a political party.

The Indian economy has declined because of the peculiar Indian 'invention' of that perfidious financial derivative called Participatory Notes, or PNs, otherwise known as the crony/crooked facilitator for black-money-based portfolio investment. No other country would think of such a derivative.

All civilian politicians in Pakistan are puppets of the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), military, and the Taliban.

If something happens to me, the people of Tamil Nadu should rise in my defence.

Rahul Gandhi cannot be a prime minister because he is a citizen of Britain, and his Indian citizenship will be cancelled; he won't even be an MP.

There is a history which has to be reversed, and that is the demolition of our temples.

Materialistic progress alone does not guarantee national security. What is essential is the character and integrity of the country's citizens.

With proper infrastructure and packaging, India can certainly become a global player in agricultural exports.