Kapil Sibal Quotes

What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.

Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development.

We need to build an Argentina with zero poverty.

The NHS should be proactively using substantial resources across government to intervene and try to deliver positive improvements in people's standards of living.

We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community.

With fewer resources to share around more people, how can the poor have improved lifestyles?

The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Government has a responsibility to the have-nots.

The public welfare is a broad and inclusive concept. The moral, social, economic and physical well-being is one part of it; the political well-being another.

If the government didn't try to guarantee that everybody should have access to decent health care, it wouldn't happen.

The well-being of the nation is in the well-being of the people.

The social goals are the most difficult to achieve in the development of any country.

The reduction of the death rate is the principal statistical expression and index of human social progress.

The government should not do everything for everybody all the time, but it should provide basic services to everyone who needs them. Education ought not be contingent on income or where you live. Neither should health.

We in the small developing countries are beginning to understand that our own citizens share a common fate requiring the active role of government to ensure that every citizen has a chance and means to participate productively within the society and to curb society's dangerous encroachment on the physical environment.

After the 1970s, we accomplished economic development rapidly. But the side effect of that was high stress levels or the gap between the rich and poor. And these issues call on me to focus on the welfare and quality of life of the citizens.

It's never been clearer that unrestrained market forces do not produce the kind of societies we aspire to - economically stable and socially inclusive, where citizens have access to secure jobs with the dignity of a fair wage and a welfare safety net.

I think most Americans understand that we deserve to have universal health care, as enjoyed by most citizens in most developed countries.

My government is giving residential, health facilities to poor as poverty can be removed only by empowering them.

We are going to seek to improve the lives of our people on an ongoing basis, and since 1994, we have done precisely that.

Society and Government should together give priority to the poorest of poor and make efforts to provide affordable health services.

A developed country is one that allows all its citizens to enjoy a free and healthy life in a safe environment

We need a world where people do not have to live in fear of the economic repercussions of getting sick or losing their home or job. Where every child gets to fulfil their potential. Where corporations pay their fair share of taxes and work for the good of the majority, not just their shareholders.

Aspiration, opportunity, and a stake in society are things which combine education, decent healthcare and the fruits of a capitalist system where individuals contribute to society, while also pursuing their natural inclination to improve their lot in life.