How should the balance between rights and duties be understood in democracy?

Correct answer: Rights should be used while respecting equal rights of others

Direct answer: C is correct. Rights protect each person’s freedom and dignity, while duties remind citizens that their actions affect other people and the community. Therefore, a person may speak, associate, worship, or participate, but should not use a claimed freedom to violate another person’s equal rights or to ignore lawful responsibilities. A is wrong because duties do not cancel rights; both support democratic life. B is wrong because rights are not permission to escape every responsibility. D is wrong because the rights of others are central to a fair balance. This balance does not mean that authorities may remove rights whenever they mention duty; any restriction must be lawful and justified. Memory cue: use your freedom, but do not destroy another person’s equal freedom.