Democratic Quotes

“Our freedoms are vanishing. If you do not get active to take a stand now against all that is wrong while we still can, then maybe one of your children may elect to do so in the future, when it will be far more riskier — and much, much harder.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“Corruption is uniquely reprehensible in a democracy because it violates the system's first principle, which we all learned back in the sunshiny days of elementary school: that the government exist to serve the public, not particular companies or individuals or even elected officials. ”
― Thomas Frank, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule

“We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.”
― George F. Kennan

“I have always thought that in revolutions, especially democratic revolutions, madmen, not those so called by courtesy, but genuine madmen, have played a very considerable political part. One thing is certain, and that is that a condition of semi-madness is not unbecoming at such times, and often even leads to success.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville, Recollections on the French Revolution

“It turns out that indecision is a path itself; but figuratively, a vertical path - up or down - meaning it isn't always a fruitless path. One is forgotten, but the other is glorified. To be what they call 'middle-of-the-road' in most cases just means you have a hard time figuring out who between options is dumber. So quite often those who refused to decide were, after all, the bold individuals, the influential ones, the creative ones, those who snatched their own authority.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“When a plutocracy is disguised as a democracy, the system is beyond corrupt.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

“A democratic mind is not attached to any single idea and open to all ideas.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“A nation can run without government, but it can't run without the accountability of its citizens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Heart Force One: Need No Gun to Defend Society

“Politicians and police are not the makers and keepers of law, the people are.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“There is no such thing as her majesty's government. You can either have his or her majesty or you can have government.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“My sin was to raise an objection to one state during the electoral college certification process, thereby triggering a congressional debate, precisely as permitted by the law and precisely as Democratic members of Congress have done in the electoral counts of 2001, 2005, and 2017. I was, in fact, waiting to participate in that debate on the Senate floor when the riot halted our work and forced the Senate (temporarily) to disband. For this I was branded a “seditionist” and worse. But like many others attacked by the corporations and the Left, my real crime was to have challenged the reign of the woke capitalists.”
― Josh Hawley

“Sonnet of Citizens

What can the politicians do,
Unless the people allow it!
What can the government do,
Unless the people permit it!
All corruption is born of people,
Not of politics and bureaucracy.
Corrupt politicians are only symptom,
Real disease is populist democracy.
Politics is civilized when people are civilized,
But what we have is politics of blame.
Denounce blaming and take responsibility,
Then only will your children live without shame.
Your indifference fuels all political histrionics.
Build your character and there'll be no politics.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“All corruption is born of people, not of politics and bureaucracy.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Power to people doesn't mean power, it means responsibility.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Unless the people live a life of accountability, there'll be no order in society, but only an illusion of order.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“Democratic State exists to support freedom from unlawful coercion and to ensure that perpetrators of such unlawful coercion are coerced by law to conform to the law.”
― R. N. Prasher

“Democratic State has an obligation to protect the weak; anarchy thrives on the weakness and helplessness of the weak. A democratic State that does not protect the weak from unlawful coercion and from hunger invites its own doom and creates space for anarchy.”
― R. N. Prasher

“A lack of compassion is a first blood bite on the skin of democracy.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“They are democratic with their time—communicating with everyone equally and making sure all team members get a chance to contribute.”
― Sam Walker, The Captain Class: The Hidden Force that Creates the World's Greatest Teams

“What is the matter with this world? From Afghanistan to India and Pakistan to Myanmar, we have witnessed the testimonies of tainted religious freedom, endangered democratic norms, and fractured human rights values.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“Society is no longer a property of the state.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Once the citizens are actually, genuinely, nontheoretically accountable of the welfare of society, beyond the prehistoric paradigm peddled by the state, all Capitol, Kremlin and White Hall will crumble to dust.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yaralardan Yangın Doğar: Explorers of Night are Emperors of Dawn

“Never confuse culture with state. Some of the richest cultures of the world often end up with some of the most regressive states in the world - Türkiye, Azerbaijan, India, Italy to name a few, in the context of 2023.

So I repeat, never let your disapproval of a government make you bitter towards a culture. Government never reflects culture - if it did, I would not have penned a single Turkish word in my works - as opposed to the fact that, the Turkish culture is an intrinsic element of Naskarean literature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch

“Sonnet 1306

Doctors are not official representatives,
Yet they do their job quite efficiently.
Teachers are not official representatives,
Yet they do their job quite respectfully.

Public transport drivers ain't representatives,
Yet they carry their duties quite diligently.
Factory workers ain't official representatives,
Yet they fulfill their tasks rather honorably.

All the professions that actually require
some tangible skillsets and expertise,
don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy.
Yet the most glorified profession of all,
has no performance standards compulsory.

If this is your idea of a civilized democracy,
No wonder you still crave peace in nuclear weapons!
Only monkeys could confuse homicide with defense,
It takes a human to plant peace through illumination.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“All the professions that actually require some tangible skillsets and expertise, don't rely on the jungle whim of democracy. Yet the most glorified profession of all, has no performance standards compulsory.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Citizens fund the war, citizens pay the price.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavatan: 100 Demilitarization Sonnets

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“King and president, ceo and janitor, all are equal, only behavior merits honor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Brit Actually: Nursery Rhymes of Reparations

“A government's first duty to its citizens, is to provide a fully functional welfare state. Welfare state ought to be the first refuge, not the last resort. A thriving welfare state produces ambitious citizens.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Humanitarian Dictator