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Manmohan Singh
Age: 91
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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Prime Minister Of India
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Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.
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The United States and India can work together.
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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.
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With the revolution in information technology, with the revolution in transport technologies, I think just geography has lost its all significance.
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I sincerely hope that the difficulties that are there in Iraq and Iran can be resolved, that Iraq will see a new era of hope in which its people will enjoy a full sovereignty. And also the problems that there is with Iran can be resolved through dialogue through giving diplomacy a chance.
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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 conquered in a reasonably short period of time.
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Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior
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A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.
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We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.
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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.
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I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.
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The first and foremost priority is to finish the unfinished task which the founding fathers of India set out for us at the time of our independence: to get rid of chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease, which have afflicted millions and millions of our people.
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I should like to express our profound gratitude to the Americans of Indian origin. The way they have conducted themselves, the way they have worked hard to carve out a niche for themselves in the Silicon Valley, I think this has also given America a new idea about what India is capable of.
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No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
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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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If the economy grows enough, fast enough, the tech system should be modernized so that the tax revenues rise fast enough also, and we should put more money in education.
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My vision is to work for the relationship between India and Pakistan which would be like the relation between Canada and the United States.
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I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.
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If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.
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