Manmohan Singh Quotes

National culture can act as a bridge, instead of an obstacle, to mutual spiritual and intellectual understanding.

We - what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths.

We need cultural awareness and a cooperative approach with other countries versus a dominating approach.

When historians look back on our century, they may remember it most, not for space travel or the release of nuclear energy, but as the time when the peoples of the world first came to take one another seriously.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

Nations are divided, but we citizens need not be.

Social peace requires reciprocity.

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.

In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.

After September 11, 2001, I was feeling like I really wanted more understanding between cultures. It seemed to me that so much of what happened on September 11 was because people didn't understand each other and were suspicious of each other.

All this misjudgment that we have of each other is based on ignorance. The second you get to travel, you see that human beings, no matter where they come from, they are the same.

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

There will be not only peace between us and the Arabs ... but close friendship and cooperation.

Arabs and Jews have lived together for many centuries. We are both children of Abraham.

I fully believe that our respective religious traditions - Islam and Catholicism - have the necessary resources to overcome past and present misunderstandings and to foster mutual friendship and understanding between our peoples. I am aware, as well, that collaboration does not imply giving up our distinct religious identities, but is rather a journey toward new discoveries, growth and self-respect.

Nations like individuals do not always see alike or think alike, and international cooperation and progress are not helped by any nation assuming that it has a monopoly of wisdom or of virtue.

I want to set up a warm and fruitful dialogue. I see that there is no trust between upper level politicians of Turkey and Armenia, but there is trust between the people. People of both countries come together frequently anyways.

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I've spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I've always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us.

Once, there was a time in Jerusalem of brotherhood and peace: cultures and languages lived side by side and not one at the expense of the other.

Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.