“Having a good and cultured family background was not enough to be successful in politics. One should live amidst farmers, till land, and tend cows and buffaloes.”

On being compared with Hegde, a suave opponent
Source: Gopal K. Kadekodi, et al., Development in Karnataka: Challenges of Governance, Equity, and Empowerment http://books.google.co.in/books?id=YpjqJz_RbncC&pg=PA99&dq=Devegowda&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Lpy6U9fAJ4ejkwXp54DwDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Devegowda&f=false, Academic Foundation, 2008 P.98

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