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Manmohan Singh
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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Prime Minister Of India
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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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Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.
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I do recognize that India has to be the center, the hub of activity as far as the knowledge economy is concerned.
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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 believe a large part of humanity will draw appropriate lessons from what is the wave of the future in the 21st century.
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If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.
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I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.
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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.
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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 functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable.
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I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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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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A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.
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Democracies don't go to war.
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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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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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China's influence is bound to rise.
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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 are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.
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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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No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
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No nation, no society, no community can hold its head high and claim to be part of the civilized world if it condones the practice of discriminating against one half of humanity represented by women.
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