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Rahul Gandhi

47 quotes

• “My personality is made. I am done. There is nothing more to be made of me. I am what I am.”

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• “People keep saying I am shy. Oh, he’s so shy. The media says it all the time. I am not at all shy. I am not reluctant. I am an extrovert. I am like that all the time. You can ask my friends. I am the one who talks the most.”

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• “There is fear of failure here. People keep saying what if this goes wrong, what if that doesn’t work. Every time I want to do something, there is this fear that it may go wrong. It comes up each time.”

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• “I don’t ask questions in Parliament because I like to think things through. Just look around at the questions that are asked in Parliament, and you’ll know why I don’t ask questions. I mean look at them. Is that the kind of stuff you want me to ask?”

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• “It is one bathroom lesson I haven’t forgotten. That is the arrogance you have to deal with. When I take life this way, I stop thinking that the other guy is a joker. I realise I am the joker.”

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  Recorded in: Rahul Gandhi, Interview in 2005, Tehelka., (also quoted at [https://www.opindia.com/2020/08/rahul-gandhi-tehelka-interview-not-fake/)

• “(After terrorist attacks in Mumbai) Terrorism is impossible to be stopped at all time. We will stop 99% of the attacks; 1% of the attacks will get through. You feel US has stopped all terrorist attacks? US is currently involved in Afghanistan and Iraq, where there are attacks every single day. On them. Not in US, but on them. The war has moved.”

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  Recorded in: 2011. Difficult to stop terror attacks all the time, says Rahul Gandhi, India Today India Today Rahul Gandhi

• “What is happening to human resources in Punjab. 7 out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.”

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  Recorded in: 2012. Quoted from Rediff News 7 out of 10 youths in Punjab have drug problem: Rahul

• “India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.”

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  Recorded in: 2012. Rahul Gandhi: India is going to be 21st century Saudi Arabia, Rahul Gandhi

• “There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around, that’s the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there’s Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That’s the power of India. That’s the power of Indian people.”

  Rahul Gandhi (born 1970) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: 2013. Wall Street Journal, WSJ

• “In India, we have a concept of caste. It has a concept of escape velocity. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity to attain that success. Dalits in this country need the escape velocity of Jupiter to attain success.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Quoted in Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera NDTV, NDTV

• “Poverty is a state of mind.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Rahul Gandhi's 'poverty is a state of mind' remark draws flak, NDTV, NDTV Rahul Gandhi

  Also quoted by: English proverb (english)

• “Ambedkar was the first person to attain escape velocity and run away to US.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Times of India, Times of India

• “If India is computer, Congress is its default program.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. If India is computer, Cong is its default program: Rahul Gandhi, Times of India, Times of India

• “China is referred to as the ‘dragon’ and India as an ‘elephant’. But we are not an elephant, we are a ‘beehive’.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. NDTV NDTV

• “See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Rahul Gandhi Speech at CII Summit: 04 April, 2013, Rahul Gandhi WSJ Rahul Gandhi

• “We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can’t have potholes, they can’t break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, they are going to carry strong forces.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Wall Street Journal, WSJ

• “If you go back a hundred, two hundred years, you would find that India is energy; it is a force. If you go back a thousand years, two thousand years, you would find that force came from our rivers: Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati. We worshiped these rivers and the reason we worshiped these rivers was because that is where our energy came from, and everything we had was built on these rivers. Now, we have gone way beyond that. We have built structures that are allowing this energy to rise, to explode.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Wall Street Journal Speech by Rahul Gandhi

• “Every situation that Indian person finds himself in is extremely complex. We have to deal with the red lights. As young leaders here have to deal with senior leaders, suddenly someone disrupts your entire life. Everything happens, sort of, according to your karma; it’s all random.”

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  Recorded in: 2013. Rahul Gandhi says 'Stop asking politicians, do things on your own', Rahul Gandhi

• “Politics is everywhere. It’s in your shirt, it’s in your pants. It’s everywhere.”

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  Recorded in: 2015.Rahul Gandhi says politics is in your shirt, in your pants, Rahul Gandhi

• “I would not have been here if I was not from a political family.”

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  Recorded in: Quoted in The Dynasty: Born to Rule by Sunita Aron Sunita Aron (2016)

• “Rahul : The fact of the matter is that innocent people died in 1984 and innocent people dying is a horrible thing and should not happen. The difference between Gujarat and 1984 was that the Government of Gujarat was involved in the riots”

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• “Rahul : The difference between the 84 riots and the riots in Gujarat was that in 1984 the Government was trying to stop the riots. I remember, I was a child then, I remember the Government was doing everything it could to stop the riots. In Gujarat the opposite was the case. The Government in Gujarat was actually abetting and pushing the riots further. So there is a huge difference between the two things, saying that innocent people dying is absolutely wrong”

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• “Rahul : I am saying that there was difference between the 1984 riots and the riots in Gujarat. The difference was that the Government in 1984 was trying to stop the riots, trying to stop the killing whereas the Government in Gujarat was allowing the riots to happen.”

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• “Rahul: All I'm saying is there is a difference between the 1984 riots and the Gujarat riots. The difference is that the government of the day in 1984 was not aiding and abetting the riots. That is all I'm saying.”

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• “Arnab: So you don't need to apologise for the '84 riots. If someone seeks an apology from you, will you give it? Your Prime Minister has apologised for the riots. Expressed deep regret. Will you do the same?”

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• “Rahul: First of all I wasn't involved in the riots at all. It wasn't that I was part of it.”

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• “Arnab: On behalf of you party.”

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• “Rahul: I think that riots, as all riots, were a horrible event. Frankly I was not in operation in the Congress party.”

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• “Arnab: Are you open to taking action on Ashok Chavan and Virbhadra Singh? Have you seen the papers yourself? Will you examine them Mr. Gandhi? Will you examine it?”

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• “Rahul: Anybody who is corrupt should be punished. I am not a judge. So if there is a legal process and there is a result of the legal process, absolutely they should be punished.”

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• “Arnab: There is no case being followed against Mr. Virbhadra Singh.”

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• “Rahul: Yes I know that but I am saying that it is not my job. My job is when I see issues of corruption, take action on it. That's what I do.”

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• “Arnab: Well Mr. Gandhi now you see. The other question is, should you have spoken up much much earlier? You know you didn't. Everyone wants to know today why you didn't speak up during 2G. Why didn't you speak up during Coalgate? Why didn't you speak up? I think it was June 2010 that TIMES NOW broke the CWG scam and railgate. You could have spoken up. And you can't take the defence that you were not very actively there. You have for some time been effectively in-charge of the 2014 re-election campaign.”

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• “Modi has anger inside him and he has got anger for everybody not only for me. I attract that anger because he sees a threat in me. His anger is his problem, not my problem.”

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• “I have no confusion in my mind about that. It was a tragedy, it was a painful experience. You say that the Congress party was involved in that, I don’t agree with that. Certainly there was violence, certainly there was tragedy.”

  Rahul Gandhi (born 1970) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: Congress not involved in 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Rahul Gandhi in London Hindustan Times Aug 25, 2018

• “Ahimsa (Non-violence) will return to Assam if the Bhartiya Janata Party government comes to power once again.”

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• “Lord Ram is the manifestation of the best human qualities. He is the core of humanity embedded in the depths of our minds. Lord Ram is love and he can never appear in hatred. Lord Ram is mercy and he can never appear in cruelty. Lord Ram is justice and he can never appear in unjustice.”

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  Recorded in: Tweet on Twitter, Aug 5, 2020. Quoted from On Ram Mandir Bhumi Pujan Day, Rahul Gandhi Weighs In On Significance Of Lord Ram

• “Rising COVID numbers are worrying. Vaccination must pick up pace to avoid serious outcomes in the next wave.”

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• “India needs quick and complete vaccination - not BJP's usual brand of lies and rhyming slogans to cover up vaccine shortage caused by Modi government’s inaction.”

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• “The country needs vaccines against coronavirus. You also raise your voice for this — everyone has the right to have a safe life. Speak up for vaccination for all.”

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  Recorded in: Rahul Gandhi. Give emergency nod to all vaccine candidates: Sonia The Hindu ; Chennai. 13 Apr 2021.

• “Modi ji, you said the war against corona will be won in 18 days. You asked people to bang thali, light up candles and show mobile phone torch… but corona intensified. Please stop event-bazi now and arrange for vaccines for all. And provide income support to the poor.”

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  Recorded in: Rahul Gandhi. Covid: Congress pushes Narendra Modi for vaccines, cash for poor Jha, Sanjay K . The Telegraph (India) ; Calcutta. 13 Apr 2021.

• “The surprising thing is that the so called defenders of democracy like US and Europe seem to just be oblivious of the fact that a huge chunk of the democratic model has come undone in India. While the opposition is fighting that battle, US and Europe are not doing enough to restore the democracy in India. The inaction may be because of the trade and money they are getting.”

  Rahul Gandhi (born 1970) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source

  Recorded in: March 06, 2023 . Rahul Gandhi’s comments in London [https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/rahul-gandhis-comments-in-london-are-not-criticisms-but-cynical-rants-of-a-bitter-frustrated-hopeless-man…

• “My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never offers apology.”

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  Recorded in: March 2023. ‘My name isn’t Savarkar, won’t apologise’: Here are the top quotes from Rahul Gandhi’s presser

• “Narendra Modi wants people to sit on their phone the entire day and chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. And while you do this, you die of hunger.”

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• “There is a word 'Shakti' in Hinduism. We are fighting against a Shakti.”

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• “Rahul: Look. All I'm saying, all I'm saying is that there is a difference between the 1984 riots and the Gujarat riots. The simple difference is that in 1984 the government was not involved in the massacre of people. In Gujarat it was. The question is why do these kind of things take place. Why is it that the Gujarat riots took place? The Gujarat riots took place frankly because of the way our system is structured, because of the fact that people do not have a voice in the system. And what I want to do. And I have said it and I will say it again. What I want to do is question the fundamentals over here. What I want to do is ask a couple of questions. I want to ask why candidates that are chosen in every single party are chosen by a tiny number of people. I want to ask why women have to be scared to go out on the street. I want to ask these questions. These are fundamental questions.”

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• “Rahul: My position was that I report to the Prime Minister. Whatever I felt I had conversations with the Prime Minister. Whatever I felt about the issues I made it abundantly clear to the Prime Minister. I was involved in the legislation, RTI legislation. And now I have helped pass the Lokpal Bill. I bring you back. The real issue here is participation of people in politics. It is bringing youngsters into the political system, it’s opening out the political system. That's where nobody wants to talk. Everybody is perfectly happy with 500 people running the entire system in India. Nobody, none of you want to raise that issue. The fundamental issue. How do we chose candidates?”

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