P. Chidambaram Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von P. Chidambaram:

Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.

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Independence is a very subjective assessment.

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'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

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A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

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Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.

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I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

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Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.

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We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

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Let me tell you, very frankly, when I went to the Harvard Business School I was more or less a committed socialist.

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I belong to the Congress. My party has always supported prohibition, though it may not have been successful in implementing prohibition in many states.

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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.

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People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.

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If you go back to any period in India's history, all the hard decisions this country had to take were taken when the Congress was in power.

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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.

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I don't think we should label budgets even before the budget is presented.

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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.

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