I have always believed that the ultimate purpose of economic policies and development policy is to meet the basic needs of our people. And for that, we need a fast-expanding economy.

I believe whether it is the United States or Europe, they will all end up as multicultural societies.

I'm a small person put in this big chair.

If Pakistan honors in letter and in spirit the commitment that it gave to Mr. Vajpayee in 2004, that Pakistan territory will not be used for promoting terrorist acts against India, the sky is the limit of cooperation between our two countries. Basically, we are the same people. There are ties of religion. There are ties of language. There are ties of culture.

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.

Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in China.

We are a coalition government, and that limits our options in some ways. Privatization happens to be one such area.