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I think the modernization of Chinese economy and Chinese society is a prime concern.
The death of distance. There is hardly any middle class family in India who doesn't have a son, a daughter, a son-in-law, a brother, a brother-in-law in the United States. That is a very powerful new bond.
I should like to express our profound gratitude to the Americans of Indian origin. The way they have conducted themselves, the way they have worked hard to carve out a niche for themselves in the Silicon Valley, I think this has also given America a new idea about what India is capable of.
I think the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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.
If the economy is growing fast, there is call for a distributing income from the rich to the poor to to put in place social safety nets.
Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
Well this is just a fist. But when I start throwing it around I can leave one hell of a mess.
There's something really incredible about watching what someone else does with a role that we know.
Despotism can only exist in darkness, and there are too many lights now in the political firmament to permit it to remain anywhere, as it has heretofore done, almost everywhere.