A Quote by Manmohan Singh

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come.

Manmohan Singh

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Manmohan Singh
Indian - Statesman
Born: September 26, 1932

The emergence of India as a major global power is an idea whose time has come. This is a legitimate ambition for China. This is a legitimate ambition for India. And the challenge for the humanity is to evolve a world system in which the legitimate ambitions of both our countries can find constructive expression without threatening anybody else.

Manmohan Singh

No power on earth can stop an idea whose time has come.

Manmohan Singh

I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.

Hari Kunzru

In India, we have the global services HQ, R&D centres, global network operating centres, global manufacturing, and product management - India is not just a market but a country we use for extended NSN.

Rajeev Suri

The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.

Tom Peters

Once you accept an idea, it's an idea whose time has come.

William James

If there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come, there is nothing more ubiquitously pervasive than an idea whose time won't go.

Elizabeth Janeway

Increasing recycling in Delaware is an idea whose time has come and, if put off, may not come again.

Ruth Ann Minner

Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for people to realize that purchasing is always a moral - and not simply economic - act.

Pope Benedict XVI

The basis for securing preferential future trade terms with India begins in that recognition of essential equality. Indeed it begins in recognising that India is now an emerging global superpower whose primary interests are regional in South East Asia and who needs a deal with the U.K. less than we need one with her.

Barry Gardiner

We have seen recently, almost every major head of state goes to India and says, we believe India should be in the Council. They go back home and do nothing about it. But this cannot be sustained for long. If they want to keep the UN as a global forum where they discuss incidents and take some meaningful decisions, they should [reform].

Kofi Annan

Microfinance is an idea whose time has come.

Kofi Annan

Nowhere in the world is a woman safe from violence. The strengthening of global commitment to counteract this plague is a movement whose time has come.