Kapil Sibal Quotes

Sports can't be run by governments.

~ Kapil Sibal

Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.

~ Kapil Sibal

If there are malpractices in sports, part of the solution lies in the organisations themselves taking a very strong view and cleaning up the mess from within.

~ Kapil Sibal

Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.

~ Kapil Sibal

In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.

~ Kapil Sibal

To fix India's healthcare scenario, what is most needed is 'systems thinking.' For far too long, India has followed a vertical approach in its health sector, which translated into disease-specific national programmes being set up.

~ Kapil Sibal

If two people cannot live together, both should have the right to opt out of the marriage. In an ideal world, that would be an acceptable solution.

~ Kapil Sibal

How do you trust a prime minister who said one thing before the elections and does exactly the opposite after the elections?

~ Kapil Sibal

How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?

~ Kapil Sibal

My abiding faith in the wisdom of our electorate is what gives me hope.

~ Kapil Sibal

All of us have a romantic streak in us. That's why we are fallible, aren't we?

~ Kapil Sibal

I have been writing poetry for a long time now. I started writing in my school days.

~ Kapil Sibal

I think poetry is a fabulous medium to encapsulate thoughts far more precisely than prose.

~ Kapil Sibal

Cleanliness is a good thing, which the society should embrace. But it has nothing to do with Modi, nor can he implement it.

~ Kapil Sibal

Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.

~ Kapil Sibal