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22 quotes by Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (Pujnabi: [mənˈmoːɦən ˈsɪ ŋɡ] ( listen); born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist who served as the 14th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term. Born in Gah (now in Punjab, Pakistan), Singh's family migrated to India during its partition in 1947. After obtaining his...
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

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My top most priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be... →

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If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to... →

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Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.

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Life is never free of contradictions.

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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.

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Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history... →

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The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a... →

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The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries... →

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Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.

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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero... →

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Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let... →

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We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.

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