Quotes by Manmohan Singh

• Nobody should be allowed to tinker with democracy. We will not discontinue the good works of the past government.
• We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.
• 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.
• Life is never free of contradictions.
• It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
• India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
• I can assure you we are a responsible nuclear power.
• 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.
• Unity and secularism will be the motto of the government. We can't afford divisive polity in India.