PrimeMinisterNarendraModiaddressedtheIndiancommunityinBrusselsonWednesday.Belowarethetoptenquotesfromhisspeech:
1.Havealwaysbelievedtalkssolveissues.Butthereareneighbourswhodon'tunderstandthis,butcan'tchangeneighbours.
2.Wealsoworkforbenefitofthosewhodon'tvoteforus.Wedon'tbelieveinvotebankpolitics.
3.Don'tknowwhentheUNwilltackleterrorism,orhow.Butseeingtheconditionsthatprevail,itfacesthedangerofbecomingirrelevant.Itneedstogoalongwiththetimes.
4.WemanagedtoresolvetheLandBoundaryAgreementwithBangladeshwhichhadbeenpendingfordecades.
5.Somanynationshavesufferedduetoterrorism.Terrorismisnotachallengetoanation,it'sachallengetohumanity.
6.Indiahasbeenbattlingterrorismforfourdecades.Buttherestoftheworldrecognizedthedangeronlyafter9/11.
7.Terrorismcan'tbedealtwithbombsandguns.Aconduciveenvironmentinsocietyneedstobecreated.
8.Thereisnoquestionofbendinginfrontofterrorism.
9.Terrorismmustbedelinkedfromreligion.Noreligionteachesterrorism.
10.Atatimewhentheworldeconomyisnotdoingsowell,itisgenerallyagreedthatIndiaisarayofhope.
(THETIMESOFINDIA)