Raj Thackeray Quotes

Oppositions clean and purify those in office and we in the opposition are in fact the detergents of democracy.

I like the idea of democracy. You have to have someone everyone distrusts.

As far as the constitution allows me, I will try to ensure that there is responsible and accountable governance at all levels of government in the country. For I will not have kept my own trust with the Nigerian people if I allow others abuse theirs under my watch.

For democracy to triumph, the natural predatory tendencies of rulers must be restrained by rigorous rules and impartial institutions.

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

I have been in public office and have been criticized. I do not object to it. A public official should be willing to be criticized. An agent of the people of this country should be called to account.

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of respect, and that they can be held accountable for their decisions, our politics will finally be worthy of our great people.

Bringing accountability to Washington has been an important part of my time in office and an important part of my campaign.

America is not a country that wanders around trusting people with power. This is a country that wants accountability.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

The difference between a democracy and other forms of government is not that in a democracy bad things do not happen. The difference is that in a democracy something will be done about it and someone will be held to account.

When you establish a powerful position, the first think you have to do is check that power and make it accountable.

The duty of an Opposition is to oppose.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

All persons who take part in government are accountable for their actions.

The government of England is one of the wisest in Europe, because there is a body there that examines this government continually and that continually examines itself.

It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

It's absolutely right that we scrutinise the leaders who after all are going to be in a position of great power.

Truth matters. Checks and balances matter.

We were sent here to hold government accountable.

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.

After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.