Quote

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.

Manmohan Singh

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Manmohan Singh
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
Banker
Civil Servant
Economist
Politician
Prime Minister Of India
India
Rich
Powerful
Poor
Happens
Country
People
Inhabited

More quotes by Manmohan Singh

Image
India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule of law and, at the same time, to emerge as a successful, internationally competitive market economy.
Manmohan Singh
Image
We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of an open economy, an open society has, I think, some significance for developing countries, not only in Asia but outside Asia.
Manmohan Singh
Image
[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.
Manmohan Singh
Image
With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.
Manmohan Singh
Image
The United States and India can work together.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Meaningful solutions to the problems of mass poverty that prevails in India I believe can only be found in the framework of an expanding economy.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker.
Manmohan Singh
Image
We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
Manmohan Singh
Image
The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.
Manmohan Singh
Image
So outside agriculture, in manufacturing and services, we must create a lot more jobs. But that also means that we must ensure that our systems of general education and technical education are in line with the job requirements that a more modern manufacturing and a more modern services sector would require.
Manmohan Singh
Image
70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty about prices. And that hurts India's development.
Manmohan Singh
Image
A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.
Manmohan Singh
Image
If the economy is not expanding, the redistribution of income becomes a zero-sum game. And therefore, all the class struggle - and it becomes much more vicious.
Manmohan Singh
Image
The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.
Manmohan Singh
Image
China's influence is bound to rise.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
Manmohan Singh