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Manmohan Singh

(1932–2024) Economist

148 quotes in 747 categories

A fast‑growing economy calls for sharing wealth, a point Singh repeats about redistributive policies. He also stresses that capitalism thrives on new ideas and technology, and that government should focus on basic needs. Finally, he links modern infrastructure and democratic cooperation with peace and progress.

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Manmohan Singh was an economist, best known for Biological Drug Products.

Quick Facts About Manmohan Singh

Born: September 26, 1932
Died: December 26, 2024
Profession: Economist
Notable works: Biological Drug Products

About Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh, an Indian economist, bureaucrat, academician, and statesman, was prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is the nation’s first and only Sikh prime minister. His ten‑year tenure makes him the fourth longest‑serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Narendra Modi. He was also the first prime minister since Nehru to be re‑appointed after completing a full five‑year term.

Quotes by Manmohan Singh

The United States and India can work together.

India

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Bankers also play politics.

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India has remained a full, functioning democracy.

Democracy

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Democracies don't go to war.

Democracies

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Democracy is good for everybody.

Democracy

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I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.

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Democracy is good for world peace.

Democracy

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I'm a small person put in this big chair.

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Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

Decision

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

Data

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[Urbanization] is the inevitable outcome of the processes of growth and the processes of modernization.

Change

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India's growth rate will be accelerated, but in the process, America would also benefit.

America

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India's political system also would need to be modernized.

India

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India's saving rate will go up. India's investment rate will go up. And I believe that's a plus point.

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I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.

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Every day, the Prime Minister is a 24-hour servant of the people of India.

Day

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As far as Afghanistan is concerned, I'm not sure whether the United States and Pakistan have the same objectives. Pakistan would like…

Afghanistan

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We removed wealth tax in the 1991 budget. That is one way in which the children of those who had wealth could…

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A victory for the Taliban in Afghanistan would have catastrophic consequences for the world - particularly for South Asia, for Central Asia,…

Consequences

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All necessary steps needed to be taken to tackle terrorism will be adopted...but we will keep in mind that a particular religion…

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70 percent of India's imports of oil and oil products are imported from abroad. There is uncertainty about supply. There is uncertainty…

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In a country where employment opportunities are not growing fast enough, the fear of change tends to be very acute.

Change

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I have dealt with politicians ever since I came into the government in 1971. I have seen many prime ministers, many finance ministers.

Finance

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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with…

Community

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The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985…

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India's future lies in being an open society, an open polity, a functioning democracy respecting all fundamental human freedoms, accepting the rule…

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India was a late comer to industrialization, and as such, we have contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions…

Accumulation

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India is this great experiment of a billion people of such great diverse persuasions working together, seeking their salvation in the framework…

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We have to walk on two legs. We have to create conditions in which manufacturing and services - the economy outside agriculture…

Agriculture

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I believe that without looking at each other as rivals or as competitors, in a democratic India, operating in the framework of…

Asia

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If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to…

Balance

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The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for…

Ambition

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I do believe that India needs a lot more foreign direct investment than we've got, and we should have the ambition to…

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There are diverse ways in which - right now, terror and all that goes with it is a prime concern. It's a…

Aspiration

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The future is inherently uncertain.

Doubt

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Life is never free of contradictions

Contradiction

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What we need is a dialogue amongst civilizations.

Civilization

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What India needs most is a unified food law.

Food

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China's influence is bound to rise.

Bounds

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

Eating

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Manmohan Singh by topic

India (57) Thinking (24) Economy (21) Country (20) People (18) World (17) Democracy (15) United states (13) Politics (11) Israel (11) Economics (11) China (10)