Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth26 September 1932
CityPunjab, India
CountryIndia
cooperation historic look-up
I look upon India-U.S. nuclear cooperation as an act of historic reconciliation.
believe thinking unique
I do believe that India is a unique case, and you need, I think, exceptional skills, I think, to incorporate India into the world nuclear order.
democracy
Democracy is good for everybody.
democracy world
Democracy is good for world peace.
war democracy
Democracies don't go to war.
democracy poverty
India is a functioning democracy - despite its extreme poverty, India has stayed the course.
country thinking chinese
China is not I think a country which does not regulate, but there is a difference between the Chinese system and the Indian system.
moving authority
If certain facilities, local facilities have to be arranged, the local authorities have to come. And that makes the Indian system slow moving, Indian administrative system slow moving.
moving doubt
There may be a difference of the pace at which India moves, but there should be no doubt whatsoever about the direction in which India is going to move in years to come.
honest wealth rich
When I became finance minister in 1991, I discovered that the wealth tax rates income - there was taxation on wealth. It was so atrocious and so high that actually nobody could accumulate money in an honest way. I removed that tax, and the result was that Indian companies for the first time acquired an incentive to grow big, to grow rich.
thinking long done
I think whatever I've done, I hope I've earned a footnote in India's long and tortuous history.
commitment thinking together
I pray for that moment in which I think we can claim to the world that we are now in a different, new era of Indo-American relationship of trust, of working together, partnership strengthened both by our commitment to common values, and also the identity of interests.
country thinking world
There are diverse ways in which - right now, terror and all that goes with it is a prime concern. It's a concern of the United States. It's a concern of India. Joint strategies, cooperation, joint sharing of intelligence, in controlling terrorism, in making the world free from terror. I think that's the fundamental, I think, consideration if our development aspirations are to be fulfilled. And I think our two countries can cooperate.
country ambition humanity
The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China, this is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for humanity is to evolve a system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.