Best 18 quotes of P. Chidambaram on MyQuotes

'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.

Congress is not a party which fades when not in power

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Independence is a very subjective assessment.

I respect the view of a rating agency, but I do not make a budget for the rating agency. I make a budget for the people of India.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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