Ex-PM Manmohan Singh No More: 'Future is inherently uncertain' - Top Quotes

The 13th Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday, December 26, 2024. He was admitted to AIIMS Delhi late at night on Thursday where his condition was critical.

"With profound grief, we inform the demise of Former Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, aged 92. He was being treated for age-related medical conditions and had sudden loss of consciousness at home on 26 December 2024, Resuscitative measures were started immediately at home. He was brought to the Medical Emergency at AIIMS, New Delhi at 8:06 PM. Despite all efforts, he could not be revived and was declared dead at 9:51 PM," Dr. Rima Dada, Professor In-Charge (Media Cell) of AIIMS Delhi said in an official statement.

Tributes poured in from across sections with the likes of PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, as well as businessmen like Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani, condoling the death of the former PM.

A former bureaucrat, who rose to the highest political office in the country, Singh will be remembered for his economic reforms and key decisions such as the Indo-US nuclear deal that he signed with former US President George Bush. 

Among other contributions, Singh will also be remembered for some of his memorable quotes such as, “The future is inherently uncertain.”

Here are the top five quotes of the former Prime Minister:

• “We - what we need is a dialogue among civilizations. And we need multiculturalism, respect for diversity, tolerance, respect for diverse faiths."
• “If you don't have a functioning financial system the world economy the world economy won't be revived. All the major economies have their responsibility to assist at a pace which is required to clean up the balance sheet of the banking system and to ensure that credit flows are resumed.”
• “The future is inherently uncertain.”
• “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.”
• “My top priority is to deal with India's massive social and economic problems, so that chronic poverty, ignorance and disease can be conquered in a reasonably short period of time.”