Quotes About Participation

For the things that I've been involved in, most of it has really been - it's been a mixture of action and then drama.

Mob rule is always extremely dangerous for the future of democracy.

I don't believe in models that say you just knock on this door, you just go to this community, and you'll get elected. I think you go everywhere, and you listen to everybody. Everybody's got ideas.

It would be exciting to take part in what we now call the Enlightenment at the end of the 18th century, but with modern dentistry.

We once were at a time in our lives when we felt our vote did not matter, and that came from conversations with people who felt the same way. But our vote really does count. We all sat down together, talked with our mom and dad, and you can't get to the point that it doesn't matter.

The big moments for me are moments when I can actually contribute.

I hope all of you are going to fill out your census form when it comes in the mail next month. If you don't return the form the area you live in might get less government money and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you.

I think a lot of audience members don't realize the part that they play in live theatre. The audience actually has a mood. Sometimes they're tired and bored, and we have to wake them up and engage them.

We don't really compare ourselves to the men's game or what they do. For us, it's about trying to get more people involved in the women's games.

Democrats believe that when more people vote, it's not just good for our party; it's good for democracy.

I think debates are healthy. I think they include more people. And I don't believe most people, if they don't win, are just going to take their ball and go home.

I think more people are engaged in the issues I want to talk about.

Politics is about everything we do from the moment we get up in the morning to the minute we go to bed at night. It's something everybody and anybody can be involved in.

The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.

I'm going to go in and play, because the most important thing is playing on the field and being able to contribute. I really am ready.

The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

Young people - motivating them in any election is hard to do.

we do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

If your CEO has enough good ideas to fuel the company's growth objectives in perpetuity, maybe you don't need to tap into the reservoir of talent at other levels of the organization. But the most innovative companies in the twenty-first century have transitioned from command-and-control organizations to a participatory approach that involves collaboration and teamwork.

church is not a theater where some people perform and the rest become spectators or critics. Church is not the place where we perform.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting.

PLAYER : It costs little to watch, and little more if you happen to get caught up in the action, if that's your taste and times being what they are.