"The Republican Party is the Grand Old Party. It's made enormous contributions to the success of our country. And it is a party that has embraced its leadership role when it has had the majority or the White House."

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

"In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics."

"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"

"Our constitution is a ray of hope: H for harmony, O for Opportunity, P for people's participation and E for equality."

"Rise to the occassion which is life!"