In a Lok Sabha speech, on the death of Rohith Vemula and the JNU sedition debate, as quoted in " Stormy debate deepens divide in Parliament http://www.livemint.com/Politics/NcrHnh4YEodDfCn036LcxM/Stormy-debate-deepens-divide-in-Parliament.html" Live Mint (25 February 2015)
Tathagata Satapathy: Frases en inglés
On the Aadhaar project, as quoted in " India's billion-member Aadhaar biometric database raises privacy fears http://in.reuters.com/article/india-aadhaar-privacy-fears-idINKCN0WI2JW" Reuters (16 March 2016)
“A hungry man is an angry man.”
Quoting Bob Marley, he argued that working children should be given incentives to join school, as quoted in " Education right scales last big peak http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090805/jsp/frontpage/story_11322904.jsp" Calcutta Telegraph (5 August 2009)
After the Supreme Court declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act (NJAC Act) to be unconstitutional, as quoted " LS members disapprove Supreme Court's scrapping of NJAC law http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ls-members-disapprove-supreme-court-s-scrapping-of-njac-law-115120700994_1.html" Business Standard (7 December 2015)
“We have never said that Bengal should not be given funds but Odisha should be treated equally.”
Claiming that UPA government was favouring West Bengal over Odisha, as quoted in " Odisha MPs see Bengal bias http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111213/jsp/bengal/story_14874523.jsp#.VpIzhk9R2D4" Calcutta Telegraph (13 December 2014)
Criticising the ban on marijuana, as quoted in " Tathagata Satpathy: the MP who doesn't mind stirring the pot http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/tathagata-satpathy-the-mp-who-doesn-t-mind-stirring-the-pot-115121800318_1.html" Business Standard (19 December 2015)
“Just because we do not speak Hindi does not mean we are not Indians.”
On the proposal that Hindi be made the national language, as quoted " Is 'secularism' really being misused? http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/is-secularism-really-being-misused-115112700107_1.html" Business Standard (27 November 2015)
“Let's be totally intolerant towards intolerance.”
On the 2015 Dadri mob lynching incident, as quoted in " Oppn raises 'intolerance' issue in LS http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/oppn-raises-intolerance-issue-in-ls-115112600742_1.html" Business Standard (26 November 2015)