RIP Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Here are some of the top quotes of Former Prime Minister and BJP Stalwart

New Delhi, Aug 16: Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has passed away aged 93 at AIIMS in Delhi. In a medical bulletin, the hospital said the Bharat Ratna breathed his last at 5.05pm on Thursday.

Here are some of the top quotes:

You can change friends but not neighbours.

My Lord,never let me climb so high that I am unable to embrace another stranger, deliver me ever from such arrogance!

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries.

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.

The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor.

In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere.

The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be.

The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries.