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Democracy is upheld not just by a constitution but by citizens accustomed to freedom

livemint.com 31 Aug

India

Democracy is upheld not just by a constitution but by citizens accustomed to freedom — Sources: livemint.com

Constitutions do matter, no doubt, but all three thinkers, Alexis de Tocqueville, B.R. Ambedkar and Rabindranath Tagore, arrived separately at the same insight: that liberty must get embedded in civil society for democracy to succeed.

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