Manmohan Quotes & Sayings

We are a mixed economy. We will remain a mixed economy. The public and private sector will continue to play a very important role. The private sector in our country has very ample scope and I am confident that India's entrepreneurs have the capacity, and the will to rise to the occasion. — Manmohan Singh

Protectionism has to be avoided. Protectionism is not only on goods but also in the area of services. Financial protectionism is also bad and should be avoided. — Manmohan Singh

India was a late comer to industrialization, and as such, we have contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. But we are determined to be part of the solution to the problem. — Manmohan Singh

Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India. — Manmohan Singh

We are lucky to have Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister. We could not have done without a person and leader of the choice as Manmohan Singh, who gets all international attention. — Salman Khurshid

I have made mistakes - mighty big ones at that. Not the kind that would cause a national fiscal deficit a-la Manmohan Singh or ruin some unassuming person's life, but the kind that makes you go into face palm mode and want to die every time you are reminded of them. — Shuchi Singh Kalra

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams. — Manmohan Singh

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

If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas. — Manmohan Singh

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come. — Manmohan Singh

Dances an endless illusion, A woman of desire endures in my heart, I wait, O! Almighty cut the net of passion, You are the ultimate Source of light. Gitamohanam,(spiritual Hymns), — Manmohan Acharya

India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people. — Manmohan Singh

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. — Manmohan Singh

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

Those who create wealth should be shown the greatest respect. — Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Desai's cinema wasn't about logic. It was about exuberance, vitality and above all, entertainment. — Anupama Chopra

The slippers of the mortal Earth, now touched the chest of the Moon. Oh, it is shameful that the misery of hunger is still continuing as it was in the past. — Manmohan Acharya

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power. — Manmohan Singh

The essence of Hinduism is that the path may be different, but the goal is the same. — Manmohan Singh

Life is never free of contradictions. — Manmohan Singh

He was the first prime minister in a long time who did not have a son or a son-in-law in business or real estate — Sanjaya Baru

As the largest and most developed democracies of Asia (India and Japan), we have a mutual stake in each other's progress and prosperity. — Manmohan Singh

A loser is one who has "given up on his dreams",so long as you are trying, you haven't lost yet! — Manmohan Singh

I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors. — Narendra Modi

We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality. — 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. — Manmohan Singh

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. — Manmohan Singh

Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government. — Manmohan Singh

Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism. — Manmohan Singh

O! Lover, Enjoyment on the soft body of a lotus is always risky and inconsistent because its route is always surrounded by thorns. — Manmohan Acharya

The Chinese have certain advantages. The fact that it's a single party government. But I do believe in the long run the fact that India is a functioning democracy committed to the rule of law. Our system is slow to move but I'm confident that once decisions are taken they are going to be far more durable. — Manmohan Singh

No doubt, the poetry, overjoyed by swallowing the beverage of passionate thoughts, delights the mind. But she does not realize the sorrows and troubles of the poor. Forget depicting the beauty of passions and present your poetry as a necklace of thought gems to swell the soul. — Manmohan Acharya

I am not very good at statistics. I am also a poor thinker. — Manmohan Singh

The poetry is the Earth, charming; The river, flowing from lofty mountains; Nature, a young woman and a heavenly plant with blossoming flowers, slinking in the garden of the mind. — Manmohan Acharya

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive. — Manmohan Singh

Sachin Tendulkar is a guy you don't want to chat to period, because he will knuckle down- Brett Lee tells you why one must never sledge Sachin Tendulkar It is an amazing achievement to play for the country for over two decades and still continue to be the team's anchor. Sachin makes all of us so very proud — Manmohan Singh

Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi are our star campaigners. Our party will fight under their leadership. — Jitin Prasada

Terrorists had the advantage of surprise — Manmohan Singh

Ethical and responsible behavior needs to become the cornerstone of corporate behavior — Manmohan Singh

If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed. — Manmohan Singh

The wheel of Time wrote the first half of the poetry of mass destruction on the black board of the ashes of a funeral ground by dint of a pair of pens of nuclear bombs. — Manmohan Acharya

Our vision is not just of economic growth, but also of a growth which would improve the life of the common man, — Manmohan Singh

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. — Manmohan Singh

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. — Manmohan Singh

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. — Manmohan Singh

Jawaharlal Nehru wanted India to develop close ties with China and learn from its experience. — Manmohan Singh

All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted ... but we will keep in mind that a particular religion or section of society does not face problems unnecessary — Manmohan Singh

The ultimate source of energy, the sun is ready to set. The leaves of the blooming lotus flower in the pond are losing their lustre. A bumblebee, sitting on that lotus is enjoying the romantic pleasure and murmuring passionate songs. — Manmohan Acharya

Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports. — Manmohan Singh