Pranab Mukherjee

As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future. In my view, education…

— Pranab Mukherjee

“my career in public life, I have had the rare privilege of being a participant in many of the defining moments of…

— Pranab Mukherjee

Of course, running a coalition government in a country like India is a difficult task. More so when Congress leads the coalition,…

— Pranab Mukherjee

The fact remains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture. India cannot but be secular.

— Pranab Mukherjee

The invention of the concept of sustainable human development and that of so-called human security, as opposed to territorial security of nation-…

— Pranab Mukherjee

As Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, had said in Shakespeare's immortal words, 'I must be cruel only to be kind.

— Pranab Mukherjee

Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes…

— Pranab Mukherjee

I feel that when the reforms in UN take place and the Security Council will be expanded in the permanent membership category,…

— Pranab Mukherjee

The government of India and the government of Jammu and Kashmir are determined to ensure that every Kashmiri lives with dignity having…

— Pranab Mukherjee

Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity.

— Pranab Mukherjee

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent…

— Pranab Mukherjee

We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the…

— Pranab Mukherjee

We must recognise that in a globalised world, we cannot remain insulated from external developments. India's trade performance in the current year…

— Pranab Mukherjee

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end…

— Pranab Mukherjee

No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.

— Pranab Mukherjee

There is no humiliation more abusive than hunger.

— Pranab Mukherjee

Trickle-down theories do not address the legitimate aspirations of the poor. We must lift those at the bottom so that poverty is…

— Pranab Mukherjee

I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member…

— Pranab Mukherjee

The young people of India will build a strong and powerful nation, a nation that is politically mature and economically strong, a…

— Pranab Mukherjee

Let Jammu and Kashmir lead the way in the building of a new future for India. Let it set an example to…

— Pranab Mukherjee

“retelling of India’s political history as I have experienced it. The Dramatic Decade is the first of a trilogy; this book covers…

— Pranab Mukherjee

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be…

— Pranab Mukherjee

I have seen vast, perhaps unbelievable, changes during the journey that has brought me from the flicker of a lamp in a…

— Pranab Mukherjee

In the 1980s, we were advised, why don't you follow Reaganomics or Thatcherite economics. We said, yes, there are good points, let's…

— Pranab Mukherjee

I am comfortable at the height where destiny has put me.

— Pranab Mukherjee