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title: "2 Pipes Democracy Quotes by 1 author"
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> [“If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I'm just a murderer!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/if-i-were-making-a-country-i-d-get-the-sewage-pipes-first-then-the/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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> [I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio was saying that that's why we Indian are going to beat you: we may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/i-gather-you-yellow-skinned-men-despite-your-triumphs-in-sewage/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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