Narendra Modi Quotes

Democracy is like virginity. You can’t have just some of it.

Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.

When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.

Democracy must live as it thinks and think as it lives

Let's face it: however old-fashioned and out of date and devaluated the word is, we like the way of living provided by democracy.

Democracy or Anti-Democracy

Democracy is a value in itself. It doesn't have to be defended [justified] any more than freedom has to be defended.

We should never take democracy for granted. Democracy can emerge and develop, but it can also decay.

Democracy is indispensable to socialism.

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.

Democracy is an extraordinary adventure. It's difficult, full of daring and risk and danger. But it's the greatest gift we have.

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

Democracy is not a mathematical deduction proved once and for all time. Democracy is a just faith fervently held, commitment to be tested again and again in the fiery furnace of history.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

We love your adherance to democratic principles and democratic processes.

Democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason not authority.

A democratic government must always be left free to be operated upon by the will of the majority of the time being. All that the government of the day can do is to ascertain what now appears to be the best principle.

The most profound argument for democracy is its faith in man.

Democracy is hypocrisy without limitation.

In democracies the people seem to act as they please.

How central shall democracy be in everything else we want to do in the world?

Democracy can be noisy and messy. But it works.

The real strength of the democratic theory in opposition to the fascist or communist is that the fascist frankly states that certain people will tell other people what they shall do to be happy, and those other people have little or nothing to say about it. In theory the communists were to do everything in common, in practice a small group there also tells other people what they shall do to achieve their objectives. So far more nearly than any other form of government, the democratic form has allowed people to shape their own government