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Manmohan Singh
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.
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Democracies don't go to war.
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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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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 don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States.
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China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.
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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 was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty.
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The Chinese economy is growing at the rate of 9 percent the Indian economy growing at the rate of 8 percent - enormous I think opportunities for two-way flow of trade, technology and investment.
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We need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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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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In a world in which technology is changing at such a fast pace, where demand conditions change very fast, we need to look at a more innovative mechanism to cut down on this rigmarole of many tiers of decision-making processes.
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I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.
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Life is never free of contradictions
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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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