Quote

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

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
Good
Discontinue
Tinker
Allowed
Works
Nobody
Democracy
Past
Government

More quotes by Manmohan Singh

Image
Democracies don't go to war.
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
Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience.
Manmohan Singh
Image
Terrorists had the advantage of surprise.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I have to do my duty, whatever task is allotted to me.
Manmohan Singh
Image
We have to walk on two legs. We have to create conditions in which manufacturing and services - the economy outside agriculture - move and move fast enough. And at the same time the working force that is available must have skills which will fit the kind of jobs which will be in demand.
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
We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.
Manmohan Singh
Image
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.
Manmohan Singh
Image
I do believe that the future of civilization belongs to those who would lay emphasis on working together instead of talking about clash of civilizations.
Manmohan Singh
Image
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.
Manmohan Singh
Image
We should put more money in health. We should put more money in devising credible social safety nets for the poor.
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
I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right.
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
Pakistan should be a moderate Islamic state. That it should be a prosperous country is in India's interests, and it is in the world's interests.
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
China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.
Manmohan Singh
Image
No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.
Manmohan Singh