Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Raj Thackeray

If I see something I do not like, I will say it.

I kept asking what my role was in the Sena. I was told that I was responsible for Nashik, but I really did not have any rights there.

I have many non-Maharastrian friends.

Several times I drew a critical cartoon and then, at the last moment, stopped myself from putting it out in print. I thought it would be misunderstood, be a politically incorrect thing to do.

In Gujarat, they may not have enough people to do menial jobs and so they need people from U.P. and Bihar. But in Maharashtra, we have enough people who need jobs.

I know my limitations; I know what I can do and what I can't.

Cartooning, quietly and discreetly, drew me into the circle of politics and I continue to enjoy both. They both inspire me and I could never given up one for the other.

The taxpayer is entitled to some essential things. Families should be able to provide their children with playgrounds and find places for them in schools. There should be enough hospitals. Water should be provided to all. Surplus electricity should be available. The taxpayer should be comfortable.

Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.

Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That's respect for local culture.

I am an admirer of Modi's work from the beginning.

I do not have body doubles like Saddam Hussein had.

People talk of the power and capabilities of Sharad Pawar. But except for his home turf Baramati, he has done very little for the development of the state. His vision is limited to Baramati.

The Government regularizes illegal slums inhabited by outsiders, but the government workers or policemen do not get permanent house in Mumbai.

After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?

I have made it clear that I am supporting Modi for his work. This does not mean that I am supporting BJP.

As for the development of Mumbai, the problem is that most of our chief ministers are from interior Maharashtra and they are not familiar with the problems confronting the city. Only someone born here will understand the problems of the metropolis.

The message has to go to U.P. and Bihar that there is no space left in Mumbai for you. After destroying the city, the migrants will go back to their villages. But where will we go then?

I do not understand why Muslims are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. CAA is not for the Muslims who were born here.

When there was a Congress government in Maharashtra, no one bothered about law and order.

In future, migrants desiring to enter our State will need to be registered and their personal details and identification proof will have to be submitted to the police station.

If the government and judiciary start working together then who will raise people's issues?

I do not think anything should be given for free. Everything has a price attached to it.

Modi says he built 850,000 toilets in Bihar one week. That's roughly 1.5 toilets per second. We can't even go to the toilet in that much time.

Shiv Sena is interested only in Marathi votes and not the Marathi manoos.

We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of their rights.

I am clear I will support the BJP only because of Mr. Modi.

I just believe in speaking truth and probably that is why leaders are scared of my statements.

Look at New York and the number of crimes out there. Every big city has crime. Bombay is the biggest city of India. So, naturally, all crimes in Bombay get banner headlines.

I praised the government when they do good things like scrapping of Article 370, construction of Ram Mandir, implementation of CAA among others.

I do not intend to join the NDA. I just want the country to get a stable government.

I think I am the first person to have made a statement that Narendra Modi should be the Prime Minister of India.

There should be restriction on migration. Some people may criticize me for that. But the future generations will see the merit in my argument.

There is no Modi wave. He has to attend so many rallies because there is no wave and also, BJP doesn't have a face to project.

When I fight elections, I don't think about results whether it is assembly or Lok Sabha polls.

The Ram Mandir should be built, but it should not be used as an election plank to divide the society and win votes.

The 2009 elections were the first my party faced. Still MNS candidates lost by lesser margins. Each of my candidate got more than one lakh votes.

A good man should be on the PM's chair. The country's condition should improve. Only because of this I have supported Modi. You may call it a masterstroke or anything else.

The issue of infiltrators is as important as that of drinking water, education and health.

If Munshi Premchand or Harivansh Rai Bachchan come from U.P., I am ready to put out a red carpet for them, but not for the goons of Azamgarh and Pratapgarh.

Sridevi was a great actor, but what did she do for the country that her body was wrapped in the tricolour?

If NSA Ajit Doval is investigated, then all the truth about the Pulwama terror attack will come out.

But Akshay Kumar is not even an Indian citizen. He holds a Canadian passport and Wikipedia describes him as an Indian-born Canadian actor.

Winston Churchill never said that people had let him down when he lost the elections after the World War II.

I have nothing against Indian Muslims but there are certain 'mohallas' in different parts of the State which have become the hub of illegal immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, which need to be cleaned.

When people encroach on forest land and in the periphery of habitats of wild animals, they attack humans.

Among politicians, I would say Sonia Gandhi is not exactly a cartoonist's delight.

Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.

These days, those who criticize the Union government are being labelled as anti-BJP and those praise it as BJP supporters. Isn't there any middle path?

Those who are complaining about Bombay's law and order should be sent to U.P. and Bihar - only then they will realize how safe and secure Bombay is.

Nirav Modi was the talk of the town, then the issue of Sridevi came in. This was brought to change the issue. When a person like Sridevi dies, you wrap her in tri-colour and you say you did that because she was a Padma Shri. It was all fault of the Maharashtra government.

I never criticized Modi. All I said was that Modi cannot be a chief minister and still nurse prime ministerial ambitions. I only suggested that he should resign as the chief minister and then stake his claim to be prime minister.

Cartoons, if you ask me, are the most powerful weapon in today's politics. Balasaheb Thackeray has proved this.

Some things happen without you putting an effort, while some others things do not happen despite we wanting it to happen.

In Mumbai, Marathi schools are shutting down and Urdu schools are increasing. The parties governing the BMC are giving permission to these schools. If Urdu schools are rising, you know whose numbers are increasing and who is coming to the city.

You are paying for petrol, roads, tolls but what are you getting? Year after year, the roads go bad and then get repaired, but the number of potholes only keep rising.

I am in politics. Here, it is not possible to know everyone around you. How can I take responsibility for all those who support me or work for me or simply hang around me?

Sena never spoke against Biharis or against people from Uttar Pradesh. In fact, they are the ones who started 'Chhat pooja' and 'U.P. Day' in Maharashtra.

I still remember the day I quit all posts in Sena. I was equally hurt and saddened.

Pakistani and Bangaladeshi infiltrators should be thrown out from the country, and there shouldn't be any compromise on the issue.