Voices

India Today
October12, 1998

Poetry and politics cannot go hand in hand. The poet rebels and the politician makes compromises at every turn.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, at a function in New York

He looks small but can inflict serious wounds.
Laloo Yadav, RJD chief, praising Mulayam Singh Yadav, at the release of the Samajwadi Party chief's biography

Information is power today, and therefore no one should be surprised at the frantic attempts by officials to suppress information.
Soli J. Sorabjee, attorney-general, advocating free public access to information for greater accountability

The people of Bihar will suffer because of the non-application of Article 356.
M. Venkaiah Naidu, BJP general secretary

One Tata withdrawing is being projected as the heavens coming down.
Yashwant Sinha, Union finance minister, on the aborted Bangalore airport project of the Tatas

I don't have to prove my commitment. The world has seen that for nine years.
Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer, in The Telegraph

There's a big difference between rape and sleeping around to get roles.
Sushmita Sen, former Miss Universe and actress, in Showtime

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