The controls that have a rightful place in a free economy are those that provide the maximum of assistance with the minimum of interference; controls that regulate and safeguard, not those that regiment and emasculate.

He was a cosmopolitan, pioneered global greats of the era, who was beyond the boundaries of religion, caste, language, and nation.

The Swatantra Party rightly believes that the prices should be stabilised. It also promises that there should be a drastic reduction in heavy and reckless taxation and wasteful expenditure.

The genius of Ranade lies in the fact that he used data to substantiate his economic arguments. He used ballpark estimates when data wasn’t easily available.

If we want a decent society our methods must be decent. We cannot create a free and equal society by expropriation, liquidation, lying as the communists claim they can.

What have we done to our representative institutions, to our law and order agencies, to our education; to our growing population?

Mithan rallied against sexism within the legal profession by asking “how can a woman be declared unfit without even being given a trial?”

Is there a Middle Way between Capitalism and Socialism, between the Price Mechanism and Planning, between Efficiency and Equity?

Mehta’s advocacy of local self-governance and moderation in politics though had to face challenges from the political extremism of Tilak which demanded “poorna swaraj”.

Indian concept of a welfare state was a minimum state. It was wholly antagonistic to a garrison police state.