This is a quote from US President James Garfield made in 1877, which is
applicable to all democracies to this day, and can be adapted in the case of
Goa to their local Panchayats and the state legislature:
“Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of
their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless and corrupt, it is because
the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness and corruption. If it be
intelligent, brave and pure, it is because the people demand these high
qualities to represent them in the national legislature … If the next
centennial does not find us a great nation … it will be because those who
represent the enterprise, the culture, and the morality of the nation do not
aid in controlling the political forces.”
- James Garfield, Twentieth US president, 1877
