Pallam Raju Quotes

All free governments are party governments.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Democracy is an imperfect way of steering between the violence of anarchy and the violence of tyranny, with the least violence you can get away with.

The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.

Democracy is a process.

Discussion is the bedrock of American democracy.

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

Democracy doesn't mean electing a dictator every five years.

Democratic processes require time.

Democracy is politics.

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

I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.

In a multi-party democracy, many issues which you want - or do not want - will be raised. It is for us to make it relevant or not so relevant with our answers.

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

It is democracy I am really suffering from as much as I am suffering from the opposition.

Democracy is good. I say this because other systems are worse. So we are forced to accept democracy. It has good points and also bad. But merely saying that democracy will solve all problems is utterly wrong. Problems are solved by intelligence and hard work.

A democracy is a compromise by its nature. It's not a dictatorship.

Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

Democracy is but an experiment in the long history of the world.

That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on its feet, one individual if necessary, and speak until he falls into the dust.

The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.