Imran Khan

“The more you study, the more you know; how less you know.”

“Because I'm anti-war, I've been called pro-Taliban.”

“I feel an independent accountability commission should audit all government services.”

“During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe.”

“The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can...”

“In most of Pakistan it is a feudal country. People are very scared and oppressed by authority. But when you move to these wilder areas, they are not so easily suppressed.”

“Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.”

“These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.”

“Spirituality does two things for you. One, you are forced to become more selfless, two, you trust to providence. The opposite of a spiritual man is a materialist. If I was a materialist I wo...”

“The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.”

“Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance.”

“At the moment we have a ruling class that has one law and the people the other.”

“What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.”

“I am called an Islamic fundamentalist by Rushdie. My critics in Pakistan say I am a Zionist agent. I must be doing something right.”