Amit Shah Quotes

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

Democracy is much too important to be left to public opinion.

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.

Democracy is about aggregating the collective power of citizens to speak in their behalf.

Give all of the governed a voice in their government; that and that alone is self government.

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

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.

Only votes talk, everything else walks.

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

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

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

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

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

In a democracy we assume that people can define their own interest and vote that way.

Let The People Rule

It is citizen participation that nourishes the strength of a democracy.

Most men, being the ruled, not the rulers, want good government. If, without constraint, they choose bad government, it is by mistake

We are not the consumers of democracy, we are its proprietors.

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

I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adopted.

I have always said that I believe in the people's right to vote on an issue.

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

We deserve to elect our own government.

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

If an election doesn't go your way, you don't get to call a do-over. Part of respecting our democracy is respecting the will of the voters.