Quotes About Participation

I get involved in the beginning, less in the middle, and very much at the end.

Affirmative action is an effort to include every aspect of society in the decision making.

I'm not sure plays tell people anything. I think plays include an audience in an experience that is happening in that moment, and that's the specialness. What people take away has almost as much to do with what they bring as what we do.

When people feel accountable and included, it is more fun.

The best decisions are made when everyone is included, everyone is involved.

Television has always been something you watch; now, increasingly, it is also something you do.

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

Communicative and deliberative approaches work well as ideals and evaluative yardsticks for decision making, but they are quite defenceless in the face of power.

Playing the game is far more satisfying than reading the rules.

while troublemaking on the periphery's all well and good, we also have to make a difference inside the mainstream, we all pay taxes that fund these theatres, right? Sylvester

become engaged in a more comprehensive leadership style which may include experts, activists, employees and consumers".

Democracy is not a spectator sport

Change will not take place without political participation.

If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

That's life out there. See how it's movin'? Even the leaves on the trees is movin'. Life don't wait for nobody, and even as special as you are, it ain't gonna wait for you, neither. So it's time to make up your mind that you're gonna join it.

Your role during the prayer of consecration is crucial, helping the mass appear reverent and planned. Match the presider as he crosses himself and when he bows. Learn the liturgical style of your clergy so you will follow each one seamlessly; their practices vary.

This idea of communion is what drives the best musical happenings. It's about breaking the audience/artist boundary, about being an event, not just watching one.

We have delegated authority to establish His Kingdom wherever the sole of our foot treads. But while God calls us "kings," the degree to which we walk in that position is still a matter of potential. And God is not responsible for making us reach our potential. It requires our participation.

Real learning comes through doing.

F]reedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that "Oh, I don't get involved in politics," as if that makes you somehow cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

We all need to be reminded that democracy isn't just voting for the president every four years and then trusting him to fix things. Democracy is about getting together with your community to think together about your future.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

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Stand up, be counted. We have the numbers.