Quotes About Involvement

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.

A little government involvement is just as dangerous as a lot - because the first leads inevitably to the second.

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

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...

Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we have no right to bellyache or squawk when things go wrong.

You're a sovereign as a citizen. If you're not involved in your government, you're not doing your job. In the long run that's very bad for the Republic.

It is an obvious and blatant stupidity beyond my ability to articulate how dumb it is for us not to teach our children how to run the government.

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

Through democracy we can address the basic needs of the people, involve them as participants in planning and restore the authority of the government.

Whenever government proposes to get involved in the regulation of trade, just be very, very careful about who's behind this proposal, what their motives are.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

Our democracy is predicated on the belief that our government should be accessible by the people. We cannot allow ourselves to give in to fear or shy away from interacting with the public.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.

If we want the nation to move ahead, then we'll have to leave behind the thinking that Government will do everything...we all need to collectively devote to make our country move forward.

I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

American families cannot compete with billionaires. Our involvement in government should not be dependent on our bank account balances

But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

There's an old saying that the government is your partner from birth, but they don't get to come to all the meetings.

Those who bear equally the burthens of Government should equally participate of its benefits.

The word "politics" comes from the Greek politeia which had to do with the citizenry, not the government.

Development seems to have become the agenda only of government. It is seen as a scheme. That should not be the case. Development should be everyone's agenda. It should be a people's movement.

If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing?