Kapil Sibal Quotes
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Intolerance is alien to Hinduism.
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I came into politics by accident. I may go out of politics by accident.
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Public interest is a very unruly horse.
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Sports can't be run by governments.
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The BJP, undoubtedly, is a party with a mission. Spreading hatred and religious discord, indulging in state-sponsored violence and fake encounter killings, and resorting to divisive politics have been integral to this mission.
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Humility is an attribute of every good Hindu.
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Every child should get an opportunity to study irrespective of the economic status.
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Sedition involves sloganeering with incitement. It may be anti-national, but not a crime, unless you incite violence or communal tension.
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We're trying to create a better world, not a perfect one. It cannot ever be perfect.
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The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.
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How do you trust a government whose people are proved to be untrustworthy?
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Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.
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To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.
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Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.
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Ever since Modi became prime minister, he has given a free rein to his ministers and BJP functionaries to create an environment of communal tension and violence.
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We are great believers in the idea that the Internet can help bring justice, but justice varies from place to place across the world.
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Great research universities around the world are visible not just through their quality graduates but as knowledge creators and technology developers.
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I have no personal ambitions. I consider it a great privilege to have been given an opportunity to serve, through the Congress party, the people of India. I think that itself is a great reward. I have no personal ambitions in that regard.
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If the Planning Commission said those who live above Rs 5,000 a month are not at poverty line, obviously there is something wrong with the definition of poverty in this country. How can anybody live at Rs 5,000?
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By limiting access to surrogacy based on flimsy and exclusionary criteria, the government may just give rise to a mushrooming black market.
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Given an opportunity, Modi has violated the freedom of press both in letter and spirit. He destroys freedom of the press whenever he gets a chance.
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A single element in transactional mode can never be analysed to calculate either loss or presumptive loss. The losses or gains of all elements in the transaction need to be analysed.
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Public figures will get public criticism, and they should be tolerant enough to take it.
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We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'