"Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance."

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

"Somebody had said how only 15 paisa of the one rupee sent from the Centre reached the intended beneficiaries. The job of a leader isn't just to diagnose the disease but to treat it"

"The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking."

"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of."

"You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth."