The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues..

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

All wisdom does not reside in Delhi..

Independence is a very subjective assessment..

We cannot afford to leave the poor behind..

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

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating..

Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling..

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

'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 who….

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments..

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government..

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 clippi….

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

I know my limitations. I live and work according to my limitations. And my party only two weeks ago has clearly declared that the leader of the party….

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 independen….

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..

Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many..

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..

When I came back to India after Harvard Business School, I started as a lawyer and as a trade union leader..

It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world..