244 Quotes by Manmohan Singh

"India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people."

"The honest answer is that regional economic cooperation in South Asia has fallen far short of our expectations."

"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."

"There are partnerships based on principle. There are partnerships based on pragmatism. And fortunately, when it comes to Indo-American relations, both concentrations find a new robust phase of relationship, a multi-fasted relationship which I believe exists in the interests of both our countries."

"I am convinced the entrepreneurial spirit of the Indian people, if allowed to express itself freely in the marketplace, India will be all right."

"Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important."

"I don't see, I think, any problems between India and the United States."

"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."

"We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area."

"I recognize the United States is a superpower. It has various interests. It has to balance various things."