A civic-minded nation is built by civic-minded neighbourhoods, whether in our cities or our villages. Where we respect the next-door person's space, privacy and rights. Where we do not inconvenience our neighbours - while celebrating a festival or while resorting to a protest or on any other occasion.

Ram Nath Kovind

Nature promotes mutualism. The flower nourishes the bee. The river waters quench the thirst of all living beings. And trees provide a welcoming home to so many birds and animals. There is a rhythm to this togetherness.

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The entire planet is drawn to Indian culture and soft power. The global community looks to us for solutions to international problems - whether terrorism, money laundering or climate change. In a globalised world, our responsibilities are also global.

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Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.

Ram Nath Kovind

Each of us must find a way to give back to society. Each of us must choose one thing we can do to help another, less-fortunate Indian.

Ram Nath Kovind

Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession.

Ram Nath Kovind

Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere to the central tenets of our democracy - justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

Ram Nath Kovind

Nature does not compartmentalise. Its instinct is integrative and holistic.

Ram Nath Kovind

By using locally manufactured products, you will be able to help the small entrepreneurs in your area to a great extent.

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Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases.

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Humankind's craving to control nature and exploit all its resources for profit can be wiped out in a stroke by an organism we cannot even see with the naked eye.

Ram Nath Kovind

I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.

Ram Nath Kovind

The highest priority of my government is to remove various difficulties faced by farmers and to raise their standard of living. The schemes of my government are not only removing their hardships but also reducing the expenditure incurred by them on farming.

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India is nature's favourite child.

Ram Nath Kovind

Frequent elections not only entail more burden on human resources, imposition of model code also impedes the development process.

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The United Nations Award for India's efforts in the field of environment conservation has made every Indian proud.

Ram Nath Kovind

As a result of the policies of my government, black money in real estate sector has declined substantially, the prices of houses have come down and the dream of a normal middle class family for possessing their own house is being realised.

Ram Nath Kovind

Strengthening the system and spirit of cooperative federalism, my government is taking the states along to achieve national goals.

Ram Nath Kovind

I have nothing but unreserved praise for our armed forces, paramilitary and internal security forces. Their sacrifices to preserve the integrity and unity of our country present a saga of unparalleled courage and discipline.

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We need to build an India that is an economic leader as well as a moral exemplar. For us, those two touchstones can never be separate. They are and must forever be linked.

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That is how our nation has been built - by a partnership between citizen and government, between individual and society, between a family and the wider community.

Ram Nath Kovind