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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.

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Manmohan Singh
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: September 26
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Democracies don't go to war.
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