Sharad Pawar's Quotes

I am fully aware that everybody has a right to succeed, and success should be with ethics.

Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.

I am used to controversies.

I didn't leave the Congress; I was expelled.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

I think criticism of good work should stop somewhere.

If an industrialist can sell his products anywhere in India and the world, why should a farmer not be allowed to do so?

In my long innings, I have seen many sunrises and many sunsets; many good and bad times.

In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

The Congress is a power-oriented party.

The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

Whatever I feel, I say frankly.

Whether some may like it or not, I am still the farmer that I was born as and will continue to be one.

I could never muster the courage to speak to girls in my college in Pune. Most of them were Parsis and spoke English. I came from a village and could barely converse in English.