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.
Ram Nath Kovind
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.
Sanitation and cleanliness are among the humblest of the civic virtues, and it is easy to underestimate their significance.
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.
Fake news has emerged a new menace, whose purveyors proclaim themselves as journalists and taint this noble profession.
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.
Nature does not compartmentalise. Its instinct is integrative and holistic.
By using locally manufactured products, you will be able to help the small entrepreneurs in your area to a great extent.
Humankind is no stranger to calamitous outbreaks of diseases.
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.
I grew up in a mud house, in a small village.
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.
India is nature's favourite child.
Frequent elections not only entail more burden on human resources, imposition of model code also impedes the development process.
The United Nations Award for India's efforts in the field of environment conservation has made every Indian proud.
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.
Strengthening the system and spirit of cooperative federalism, my government is taking the states along to achieve national goals.
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.
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.
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.
Guru Nanak Dev lives in our hearts. He is our common legacy. He is the guiding light for the entire humanity.
As citizens and children of India - whether we live at home or abroad - we must ask ourselves how we can add to our country's pride.
India's pluralism is its greatest strength and its greatest example to the world.
Our aspiration must be to reform, upgrade and enlarge our education system - and to make it relevant to 21st century realities of the digital economy, genomics, robotics and automation.
Nations are not built by governments alone. The government can at best be a facilitator, and a trigger for society's innate entrepreneurial and creative instincts.
It is true that when you make a boy educated, it gives benefit to one family but when you make a girl educated, its benefit goes to two families. Another important fact is that the children of an educated woman do not remain uneducated.
Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard public property and to abjure violence.
My Government is committed to the equitable development of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir.
The power to stay your hand is far greater than the power to strike with your hand and hinsa has no place in the society.
Who the voter chooses to vote for is up to him or her, I would only request all eligible voters to go out and vote.
The stress on the moral basis of policy and action, belief in unity and discipline, faith in a synthesis of heritage and science, and promotion of the rule of law and of education - all of it is located in a partnership between citizen and government.
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.
The government can build institutional infrastructure to address the paradox of floods and calamities in some parts of the country, and water scarcity in other parts.
The outbreak of COVID-19 has created an unprecedented situation around the world.
India's history and destiny, India's legacy and future, are a function of coexistence and conciliation, of reform and reconciliation.
Students and teachers should be sensitive towards the themes of empowerment of the marginalised.
We stand with the government and people of Afghanistan in their quest for peace, stability and prosperity.
A confident and forward-looking nation is built by confident and forward-looking young people.
Demonetisation has boosted our efforts to build an honest society.
Fraternity and compassion are written into nature's DNA.
With the evolution of information technology, there have emerged new questions, for example, of data and privacy.
My government accords top most priority to national security. Therefore, effective steps are being taken to tackle terrorism and naxalism.
It is our sacred obligation to eliminate the curse of poverty in the shortest possible time. This is non-negotiable for the Republic.
In a democracy, nothing is more sacred than the mandate given by the people.
The Citizenship Amendment Act is a historic law. It has fulfilled wishes of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
The resilience, tenacity and zeal of our valiant air warriors is a source of pride for every Indian.
It should be a matter of pride for all of us that the taxes we pay are used for nation building - to help the poor and the marginalised, to build rural and urban infrastructure, and to strengthen our border defences.
My Government has provided equitable access to benefits and facilities of its schemes for the poor people; of all religions and all regions, and has, thus, earned the trust of the people of the country.
Our defence forces and their morale symbolise the prowess of the India of the 21st century.
Under Swachh Bharat initiative, the government has built nine crore toilets.
