Mehbooba Mufti Quotes

The method of democracy is to bring ... conflicts out into the open where their special claims can be seen and appraised, where they can be discussed and judged.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

In history, the millions win; that is democracy.

Democracy is about voting and it's about a majority vote. And it's time that we started exercising the Democratic process.

The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

Democracy is more than just election day.

Under universal suffrage the elected are those who know best how to take in the masses. The minority, which may happen to be the half minus one, is sacrificed.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

If we believe in a democratic system, we have to accept the will of the people.

In a democracy, voting is a huge and most important right of a common man.

In a democracy, people tend to get the kind of government they deserve.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

Democracy is not about one party dominating.

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

Democracy for us tends to be has to do with who shouts the loudest!

The view that we hold in Iraq now is this - that democracy is associated with elections. I believe that elections are possible.

I sow; my successor reaps. This is the majesty of democracy.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

This country has always been run by elite, and it's an elitist democracy. And that's not a radical concept. It's elitist democracy. When people talk about democracy, they don't talk - really talk about participatory democracy, until the point that we get us at Election Day.