"I cannot say I am anti-Nehru-Gandhi family per se, but I certainly was, from Day 1 . Even when I was a school student, I took an intuitive dislike for Jawaharlal Nehru. There was no explanation. I just had it! The dislike was continuous as I learnt more and more about him.... Therefore, to say that I have a pathological hatred for the Nehru-Gandhi family is not correct. Yes, I never liked Nehru, but that was pure policy. And, of course, I later on came to know that he gave up the offer of the UN Security Council, and then what he did on Kashmir, and the files I saw when I was one of the senior-most ministers in the Chandrashekhar government. All this only bolstered that view."

“It has a very small life span. It is a party led by people committed to naxal ideology. They are not improving the society, but rather disrupting it.”

“National politics has become devalued today because of casteism, communalism and regionalism. A few seats from one state is enough to launch you nationally.”

“If Bangladesh does not agree to take back its people, then the country should compensate by giving land to India.”

“Once, at a get together, I called him my guru and explained the gurukul system of our rishis. He said: "Ah! That is what the US needs." Samuelson was a rishi in the way he treated his chosen students and saw them through difficulties. He was a great and gentle guru.”

“I feel that only those who have been oppressed by the society and have been forced to live a backward life should given reservations. If Muslims want to study, then should be given scholarships, good schools, But Muslims and Christians can't have reservation as they have ruled our country.”

“The US wants only 51 per cent adherence as against 100 per cent adherence demanded by Russia.”