45 Quotes by P. Chidambaram

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader.

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling.

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.