Narendra Modi Quotes

You can't run a government solely on a business basis ... Government should be human. It should have a heart.

There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed.

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world.

No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.

I believe Congress has a duty to do so as well; not simply as a body of legislators, but more importantly as a community of friends, neighbors, parents and Americans.

Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve. It teaches you to listen; it teaches you to be expansive in the people with whom you talk to, and I think that that engagement gives you political judgment.

We want to play a great a role as possible in making sure this country lives up to the expectations.

When you travel and when you campaign, people tell you their problems. You see the problems and you become aware of them and you talk about them every day. And so you feel the responsibility for doing something about them.

Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do.

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

Public service is about serving all the people, including the ones who are not like you.

I will be a president that can share a glass of soju with the public after work.

As a human being, when I see things going on in my community, I feel compelled to do something, to say something.

As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving.

As Public Advocate for the City of New York, I have a duty to speak truth to power and do what is best for our City and its residents.

My job as Taoiseach, and the job of any government, of course, is to represent all people.

The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it!

Our culture is at a critical cusp - a time that requires that we define what it means to be a citizen in a democracy. Within our nation we need to foster a greater sense of collective responsibility.

In the days ahead, I will propose more ways for more Americans to get involved in national service and give back to our communities, because every one of us has a role to play in building the future we want.

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

I got elected as the mayor of Philadelphia and yes I am black. But my responsibility is to all the citizens of the city.

In order to be great, you just have to care. You have to care about your world, community, and equality.