Quotes About Community

The political philosophy of black nationalism means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community; no more.

I am aware that one should always make room for renewal in politics. A democracy is the healthier for the turnover of the depth of talent there is in its community.

The only just government is the government that serves its citizens, not itself.

I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

One good song with a message can bring a point more deeply to more people than a thousand rallies.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it cries as one, is a great roar.

Politics is how you live your life, not whom you vote for.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

Black people are victims of an enormous amount of violence. None of those things can take place without the complicity of the people who run the schools and the city.

Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people.

The first thing to say about politics is that politics is not the first thing.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

I cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.

There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

Politics is social work with power.

Whoever you are, or want to be, you may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.

People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.

Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.

A rising tide (in the economy) lifts all boats.