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They said it in February
"I cannot be responsible for the acts committed by someone since I was not involved in the offence. If at all I give a speech and the person takes to the roads, there is no abetment on my part." -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray in the magistrate’s court after he was accused of making inflammatory speeches and spreading hatred against north Indians working in Mumbai (February 13)"Wealth is created by the interplay of knowledge and entrepreneurship. The richest man is the man who commands ideas, who translates ideas into wealth." -- Union finance minister P.C. Chidambaram in India Today (February 18) "Students have now used this film as a rallying point… thinking maybe the American military will intervene and save them." -- Hollywood actor-director Sylvester Stallone, whose latest Rambo movie has him rescuing a group of Christian missionaries from Myanmar’s military junta, in Time (February 18) "NGOs aren’t stupid. Don’t give them advice. Don’t judge, don’t evaluate. Observe what’s happening and learn. You have to be grateful for the NGO’s time." -- Professor Trilochan Sastry of IIM-Bangalore to his batch of 140 students who have opted for a course in social entrepreneurship (February 23) "In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration because he embodies the kind of transformational change that can be made when ordinary people come together to do extraordinary things." -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama in Times of India (February 24) "Increasing enrollment, improving quality of school education and reducing dropout rates are the prerequisites for increasing access to higher education." -- R. Srinivasan, member State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu in The Hindu (February 28) "They are announcing these IITs without the human capital (teachers) which is important for any institution." -- Former IIT-Chennai director P.V. Indiresan on the Union Budget 2008-09 proposing three new IITs in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan (February 29)
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