Abdul Qadeer Khan Quotes - BrainyQuote

Pakistani - Scientist Born: April 1, 1936

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Love Me Forgiveness Angry

No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Love Me Money Grateful

Well, sometimes if I go out to dinner with my family, people will come up to me and put their hand across my plate for me to shake, sometimes when I have a bite of food in my mouth. I find this a bit disturbing.

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Family Me Food People

Lots of army officers... a large number still believe that I have done my best for this country. They respect me.

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Best Me Respect Believe

Nation should be rest assured Pakistan is a safe atomic power. No one can cast an evil eye on it.

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Power Evil Rest Eye

Are they happy with our God? Are they happy with our prophet? Are they happy with our leader? Never. I don't care about rest of the world. I care about my country.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

God Happy World Care

Without my services, Pakistan would never have been the first Muslim nuclear nation. We were able to achieve the capability under very tough circumstances, but we did it.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Never Tough Nation Circumstances

Everybody kicks those who do not have a country of their own.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Country Own Who Everybody

I am proud of my work for my country.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Work I Am Proud Country

Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.

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Violence Roots Poor Help

People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying.

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Love Me Respect People

I am an innocent man, but I don't want to indulge in any controversy.

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Man I Am Innocent Want

We have a safe and good command-and-control system. Nobody can take away any nuclear weapon from Pakistan.

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Good Nobody Pakistan Safe

I am not a madman or a nut.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

I Am Madman Am Nut

Some people are ok with doing nothing all day after they retire, but then some people if they had nothing to do would go mad and start banging their heads against a wall.

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Day People Start Some People

We were able and we had a plan to launch nuclear test in 1984, but then President General Zia had opposed the move.

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Test Launch Plan President

We have to prepare our students so that they become able to face any challenge rising in any environment and anywhere in the world.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Face World Challenge Environment

We all avow to struggle for making this country a welfare state where everyone is allowed to spend life on the basis of social justice and where everyone can live in peace and honour.

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Life Peace Justice Struggle

When India conducted nuclear tests in 1974, I wrote a letter to then-Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto from Holland and offered my services for Pakistani nuclear programme.

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India Tests Wrote Minister

I had no political background. That's why PM Bhutto gave me the responsibility of the nuclear programme, and we acquired nuclear capability in a span of mere six years, which was a great milestone.

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Me Great Responsibility Political

There was a general consensus to go for the nuclear test. The whole nation wanted it, and it was done properly.

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Go Nation Done Test

I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

Family Future Look Country

It is a dire need for our young scientists to be proficient in running and using their lab equipment rather than depending on their assistants or workers. Once they learn how to use every lab equipment, their scientific career is likely to progress smoothly.

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Progress Need Career Young

When lab safety procedures aren't followed, people can get hurt or worse. Lab equipment and chemicals that are improperly handled can result in personal injury and even death.

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Death People Hurt Result

There is a dire need to create awareness regarding proper and safe use of laboratory equipment among lab workers and assistants, since it not only affects the worker but the people attached to them.

Abdul Qadeer Khan

People Need Create Awareness

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