45 Quotes by P. Chidambaram

What we will become depends on us.

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.

Congress is not a party which fades when not in power.

Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn’t mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.

I don’t think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.

I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.

Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.

I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.