Top 22 Quotes by Manmohan Singh

About Manmohan Singh

These are some quotes by Indian author Manmohan Singh Statesman, who was born on September 26, 1932.

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.

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

Life is never free of contradictions.

Life is never free of contradictions.

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.

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

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

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

Manmohan Singh

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Manmohan Singh

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

Manmohan Singh

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

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