A Quote by Bob Hawke

Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon.

Bob Hawke

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Bob Hawke
Australian - Statesman
Born: December 9, 1929

I assumed the leadership within the Commonwealth for the fight against apartheid. I was very much assisted by Brian Mulroney, the Prime Minister of Canada, [and] Rajiv Gandhi, when he became the Prime Minister of India. And there were trade sanctions.

Bob Hawke

We [ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi] went to the meeting in Canada [the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM] and I said to them there that sanctions weren't working; they were just being busted. And it did seem to me that one way that we could bring the apartheid regime down would be if we did mount an effective investment sanction.

Bob Hawke

I believe [ Rajiv Gandhi] had a real sense that he would be assassinated.

Bob Hawke

I had a very close relationship with [Brian] Mulroney.

Bob Hawke

There is no problem between Giani Zail Singh and Rajiv Gandhi.

Rajiv Gandhi

I am a Gandhian and a big fan of late Rajiv Gandhi.

Ravi Kishan

If it was not for Rajiv Gandhi, urbanization in India would have been history.

Kushal Pal Singh

Congress is hiding the details of their party president Rahul Gandhi's citizenship. Rahul Gandhi's real name is Rahul Vincy. They are cheating people by hiding the real names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

Yogi Adityanath

[ Rajiv Gandhi] was such an infinitely more attractive leader than his mother.

Bob Hawke

I was a very good friend of Rajiv Gandhi, and I had affection for Sonia as his wife.

Subramanian Swamy

Rajiv Gandhi could have certainly attempted to form a Congress-led coalition government in 1990.

Sanjaya Baru

Brian Mulroney came to power in 1984 and privatized Petro-Canada, brought in the GST and signed the free trade agreement with the U.S. He was a great prime minister and made bold conservative changes. That's all I want to do.

Maxime Bernier

Opinion polls often suffer on account of unexpected developments once the electoral process starts, such as the death of a political leader (as in the case of the late Rajiv Gandhi).

N. Bhaskara Rao

I think I called myself an entertainer on my son's birth certificate. That sounds a bit Sammy Davis Jr. or Brian Conley, the sort of guy you just drop into a room and let them 'entertain.'

Limmy

Brings [O'Brian's] achievement to a new height....Such is O'Brian's power to possess the imagination that I found I was living in his world as much as my own, wanting to know what happens next. That is the real test. Any contemporary novelist should recognize in Patrick O'Brian a Master of the Art.