244 Quotes by Manmohan Singh

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.

Protectionism is a very real danger. It is understandable that in times of a severe downturn protectionist pressures mount but the lessons of history are clear. If we give in to protectionist pressures, we will only send the world into a downward spiral.

There was a research I think team, which conducted a survey about what Indians think of Americans, and 71 percent I believe said, well, I think all the nice things about our working together with the United States. But there are people I think that are old mind-sets, who still I think remain mired in the Cold War ideology.

It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.

I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

India's infrastructure has to be modernized, has to be expanded at a rate which will I think be consistent with the growth requirements.

Yes, I think India's economy always has been a mixed economy, and by Western standards we are much more of a market economy than a public sector-driven economy.