Narendra Modi Quotes

I believe that religion should be totally separated from the state. That's not the way it is today, not even in Sweden.

I'm obviously not an advocate of Christian America or a simplistic view of America as 'a city on a hill.'

Indian nationalism is the nationalism of an idea, the idea of an ever-ever land, emerging from an ancient civilization, shaped by a shared history, sustained by pluralist democracy.

If India is not secular, then India is not India at all.

I want all people to be Indians first, Indian last and nothing else but Indians.

We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and must remain separate.

My nationalism is as broad as my swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the whole world may benefit.

My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution.

Nation is one. We will not work for Hindus or Muslims, we will work for the people of India.

The state has no religion for the simple reason that it has each and everyone.

For the next fifty years this alone shall be our keynote - this, our great Mother India. Let all other vain gods disappear for the time from our minds. This is the only god that is awake, our own race - "everywhere his hands, everywhere his feet, everywhere his ears, he covers everything." All other gods are sleeping. What vain gods shall we go after and yet cannot worship the god that we see all round us, the Virât? When we have worshiped this, we shall be able to worship all other gods.

No union exists between church and state, and perfect freedom of opinion is guaranteed to all sects and creeds.

No religious doctrine shall be established by law.

The prevailing notion is that the state should be neutral as to religion, and furthermore, that the best way to be neutral about it is to avoid all mention of it. By this sort of logic, nudism is the best compromise among different styles of dress. The secularist version of 'pluralism' amounts to theological nudism.

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.

We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.

I am proud that I spent the whole of my life in the service of my people ... I shall continue to serve until my last breath and when I die, I can say, that every drop of my blood will invigorate India and strengthen it.

I can assure you that my first and foremost interest is my country. This is not a personal matter. We are not people driven by a wish to be in the government since [it] is for us the least attractive work, even though we are politicians.

We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection for people who profess no faith. And good for us for doing so. That is what the First Amendment is all about.

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in international affairs.

Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us.

Declare church and state forever separate and distinct; but each free within their proper spheres.

The secular state is the guarantee of religious pluralism. This apparent paradox, again, is the simplest and most elegant of political truths.

I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office - and by personal conviction - I am sworn to uphold that tradition.