Arvind Kejriwal Quotes

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

This is a democracy, not a dictatorship. Polls give candidates a method to find out what voters want.

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

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

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

Let the people decide whom to vote for, who has more authority. And only people, only our citizens, are able to place the final emphasis, voting for this or that person or political force, or rejecting it. That's democracy.

Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at stake in these elections.

Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

I raise this objection to debate the process, and protect the integrity of the true will of the people.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

If you ever doubt that the people are the boss in a democracy, run for office. Even the President is a hired hand.

In our form of democracy the expression of the popular will can be effected only through the instrumentality of political parties.

Voting is the first duty of democracy.

Democracy is that system of government under which the people, having 35,717,342 native-born whites to choose from, including thousands who are handsome and many who are wise, pick out a Coolidge to be head of the State.

If we could, somehow, get a vote of the people of Tennessee and have it result properly, it would be worth more to us than a battle gained. How long before we can get such a vote?

A government which results from election is more divine than one which results from succession.

Every single election in every country has a component of a referendum in it.

Liberal democracies have their own means of holding leaders accountable. They are called elections.

For government to be chosen regularly in free elections, the losers must trust the winners not to abuse the power they have won.

We live in a democracy, and people are free to sometimes choose the wrong leader.

In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.

In democracies, we aren't always governed by the people or the parties that we voted for. But when officials are elected, we must respect their authority, as long as they're exercising that authority within the bounds of whatever regulatory frameworks are in place to guide them.

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

We live in a democracy. We don't have to tell the people how to vote.

The throne we honour is the people's choice.