"Secularism for the Congress is merely a slogan while for the BJP it is an article of faith. Secularism is about votebank politics for the Congress, while it is about 'India first' for the BJP."

“The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.”

Source : Elizabeth Robinson Montagu, Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) (1809). “The letters of Mrs. Elizabeth Montagu: with some of the letters of her correspondents”, p.226

“For a member to say, 'I'm a lame duck' violates political science 101.”

“That’s hard core, Gin,” Finn replied. “Very hard core. Kind of kinky too.” A grim smile tightened my lips. “That’s me. Gin Blanco. Hard core and kinky to the bitter end.”

“...racist thought and action says far more about the person they come from than the person they are directed at.”

“I was very happy that I was as normal as possible before I went into serious dance.”

Source : The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

“How much more suffering is caused by the thought of death than by death itself.”

“To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.”

Source : Hugh Blair, Alfred Howard (Esq.) (1810). “The Beauties of Blair: Consisting of Selections from His Works”, p.18

“The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.”

Source : Russell Lynes (1966). “Confessions of a dilettante”