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Love Quote by Abdul Qadeer Khan

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

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Gratifying is doing a lot of moral laundering here. Abdul Qadeer Khan frames public adulation as something that simply happens to him, an unbidden social force: people "go out of their way", as if he’s a passive recipient of affection rather than a central actor in one of the most consequential proliferation networks of the late 20th century. The line’s intent is not to persuade skeptics so much as to normalize reverence. It converts controversy into a popularity metric.

Khan’s context is inseparable from Pakistan’s national story. To many Pakistanis, he’s the scientist who helped deliver a nuclear deterrent after existential wars and regional imbalance; that achievement is treated less like a technical milestone than a civilizational safeguard. In that narrative, love and respect are proof of service, and gratitude is owed. The quote leans into that mythos with the language of the modest hero: he doesn’t claim honor; he receives it. That posture is strategically disarming.

The subtext is an argument about legitimacy. When a figure’s legacy is disputed internationally, domestic affection becomes a counter-court. "It is very gratifying" reads like a soft rebuke to foreign condemnation: you may have indictments, but I have a crowd. It’s also a quiet plea for absolution, relocating judgment from law and diplomacy to emotion and loyalty. The sentence works because it’s small and smooth, refusing the messy nouns - trafficking, sanctions, accountability - and offering instead a universal currency: respect.

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Khan, Abdul Qadeer. (2026, January 16). People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-go-out-of-their-way-to-show-the-love-and-120487/

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Khan, Abdul Qadeer. "People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-go-out-of-their-way-to-show-the-love-and-120487/.

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"People go out of their way to show the love and respect for me. It is very gratifying." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/people-go-out-of-their-way-to-show-the-love-and-120487/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Abdul Qadeer Khan

Abdul Qadeer Khan (born April 1, 1936) is a Scientist from Pakistan.

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