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Democracy Quotes
On civic duty, accountability, and defending democratic ideals.
These quotes treat democracy as something requiring active maintenance, from elections as the basic tool for keeping leaders answerable to broader concern about democratic accountability eroding over time. Explore Democratic quotes for related ideas.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Debate and discussions strengthen democracy but violence during protests weaken democracy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our Constitution gave us rights as citizens of a free democratic nation, but also placed on us the responsibility to always adhere to the central tenets of our democracy - justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
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Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ours is a party with internal democracy. When we take a collective decision, it is not taken by a few people. It is taken only after serious analysis and wide consultations, in a true and democratic manner.
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- Nov 07, 2020
President or Prime Minister are not any individuals. They are an institutions in itself, and in democracy, we should ensure that the dignity of the institutions is not lowered.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Appeal for votes should not be made on basis of caste, creed, or communal. In a healthy democracy, this is not expected from any political leader.
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a matter of principle, we are opposed to destabilising a stable government, and I believe in the norms of healthy democracy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, political decency is a sign of a healthy democracy, but in other ways, it is the cause of it.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Equality as a principle is at the heart of our democracy.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is too much blind partisanship in Congress, which has blocked progress on critical issues. Too many members view compromise as weakness rather than the essence of our democracy. This has to end.
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- Nov 07, 2020