Quotes About Participation

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Few concepts are as basic as the role of workers in our economic structure and their participation in equity ownership.

Life isn't something you possess, it's something you take part in.

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men.

It will not do to say that it is out of woman's sphere to assist in making laws, for if that were so, then it should be also out of her sphere to submit to them.

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

The development of Africa will not happen without the effective participation of women. Our forefathers' image of women must be buried once for all.

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include all its citizens.

The one thing I feel is very hopeful, however, is the overwhelming participation of women in the movement for change.

For me, a better democracy is a democracy where women do not only have the right to vote and to elect but to be elected.

This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.

Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.

This is an issue that women are not interested in debating.

And, over the last thirty years we have seen men's participation in both housework and childcare has increased and women's have stayed at about the same.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

There is a difference between a consumer - who passively receives the information that they are spoon fed - and a citizen - who engages with society, asks questions, does research, and works towards making a difference in their neighborhood, city, and country.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor.

I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.

You have to see that cricket is developing as a sport because what's very important is you want cricket to be a global sport when it comes to participation.

As the only girl growing up among three brothers, I was always afraid of being excluded. If there was a game to be played, a sport to be learned, a competition to join, I was on my feet and ready. I didn't spend much time alone for fear that I'd miss out.