Quotes About Community

We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason.

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those of various self-styled Islamic states or organisations.

I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.

Democracy is not a form of government, but a form of social organisation.

The true slogan of a true democracy is not 'Let the Government do it' but rather, 'let's do it ourselves'.... This is the spirit of a people dedicated to helping themselves and one another.

Government exists only for the good of the governed.

Most of us think of government as them. Yet government isn't Them: It's us.

Good schools, good jobs, good government. These are not unreasonable demands. But sadly, some of our people have already lost heart and have left Hawaii to look for these things elsewhere.

We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

It's nice to keep in touch - besides, it's the only place in London where you can park a car.

I don't run a woman government. I run a government of people.

We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, talks to his Jewish companions about 'our' government, he means the government of Israel.

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.

I stand with the Navajo Nation and call upon the U.S. Government to do what is right and clean up this mess.

Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens.

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful.