There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
The day we see the truth and cease to speak is the day we begin to die.
Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.
Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.
The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
Democracy is “government of, by and for the people”.
If you vote and you elect dishonest, incompetent people into office who screw everything up, you are responsible for what they have done. You caused the problem; you voted them in; you have no right to complain.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
When the panchayat raj is established, public opinion will do what violence can never do.
I dream of a world where the truth is what shapes people’s politics, rather than politics shaping what people think is true.
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.
Democracy has to be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.
The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.