Top 111 Quotes & Sayings by Arvind Kejriwal - Page 2

In fact, the media should not be run by the government at all.

I accept I use bad language, but I speak from the heart.

I want to request Modiji that you cannot accomplish nation-building by disappointing the government employees.

I respect Kiran Bedi, she is like my elder sister.

We have to make the bureaucracy accountable to the people. It is not something esoteric, it can be done.

Individuals do matter and personalities matter in politics. But if issues are sidestepped due to personalities, then that is very dangerous.

I think the economics of this country is intricately linked to the politics of this country and the two cannot be separated.

When ordinary people come together, they can upset the mighty.

Everyone should have enough to be able to eat and sustain their families. I'm not saying everyone should become extravagantly rich but everyone should have sufficient food and good education.

Life remains the same for me. It's always been a battle against injustice and corruption. That battle goes on.

Lots of people tell me I am straightforward.

I am not a terrorist, I am a former chief minister.

I completely disagree if someone says that corruption of junior government officers should be overlooked.

They say Kejriwal fights a lot. Yes I do, but not for my wife or children. I fight for your rights. So you tell me, should I fight or not?

Delhi becomes a gas chamber every year with the advent of winters, mainly due to stubble burning.

Every person in this country is suffering because of bad governance.

You need your private space.

There cannot be any company or organisation where 100% of the people are sadhus or mahatmas.

We need to work out what kind of systems of governance we should have.

We feel that the government should not interfere too much in private sector.

Movements live on a day-to-day basis.

I am not against privatisation of the media channels but I stand for a strong regulation and transparency.

It's the public which decides its Chief Minister. We live in a democracy.

We are against crony capitalism.

Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.

I want to make Delhi a place where people of all religions feel safe.

Only love can heal hatred.

I will involve everyone to make Delhi an ideal state.

When I used to fight against the corrupt system, my wife ran the house and my mother supported me.

It requires guts to leave the chair of chief minister.

Leadership is important in politics.

My job is to change the system so all of India can shine.

People are sick of the political system and the players in the system - BJP, Congress, Akalis. They want a good alternative and those who can deliver.

One thing that is great about India is the freedom to speak and the spaces available in our democracy to protest which doesn't exist in many places in the world.

I want to tell the law and order machinery not to spare anyone who indulges in unlawful activities.

Indians are first class people suffering from third class governance.

There are a large number of institutions in this country which we should not politicise.

Even if AAP wins municipal elections we will continue to demand probe into EVM tampering because it threatens the base of democracy.

I have seen my parents struggle with meagre means to run a family. That's why giving free and good education, free health services, water, electricity, public transport and safety of women are my top priority.

In a democracy, people are supreme.

Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man.

You can't afford to hate politics. The politics of this country is democracy. Democracy is by the people, of the people and for the people. The day people stop taking active part in the politics of this country, democracy will not survive.

Send me to jail in 48 hours if I am corrupt.

Will make Delhi a corruption-free , world class city.

Who is an aam aadmi? AAP believes that the middle class is part of the aam aadmi, anyone who is tired of this corrupt system is aam aadmi.

If I take donations from Big Corporates to fund our election campaign, I'll be accountable to them and would have to do what they tell me to do after winning elections. But if I take donations from common people to fund our Election Campaign, after winning, I'll be accountable to them

Education cannot be a matter of charity, Education has to be a matter of Right.

I love religion but I don't need it for votes.

You are criticizing me for my fashion statement. My wife keeps on criticizing me for my blank bank statement

Where did all the money go? The Aam Aadmi wants to know.

Whatever we say here today is not against any party or person. We are not here to do politics. I have not stood up here to save a government... we want swaraaj, the people's rule, in Delhi.