P. Chidambaram Quotes & Sayings

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

“Independence is a very subjective assessment.”

“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.”

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

“All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.”

“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.”

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

“'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.”

“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.”

“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.”