Quotes About Participation

I think more women should be involved in politics for the good of the human race.

Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it.

When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society... Women are the world's most underused resource.

It is absolutely without contradiction that when women are encouraged to participate in the formal economies of their societies, the economy grows.

The 2012 London Olympic Games fostered a generation of hope. I witnessed women participating for the very first time, representing every nation.

We must help women in every society to have their voices heard.

A lot of movements use women's involvement to shame men when recruitment is sagging.

There is not a revolution that succe Women were everywhere in the revolution. Women participated in it, and many women were killed.

We've got to get women to sit at the table.

Lots of women are getting involved. They're not satisfied just being passengers anymore.

Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.

[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fi

When you're literally staring at the person right in front of you, you're connecting with them on a personal level. I even jump into the crowd sometimes and perform with them, sing into the mic with them and share the experience with them.

I make appearance at local park and recreation agencies when the program starts, when they have the qualifying meets at the local levels. Then I try to go to the regional competitions, and of course I'm there in Hershey, Pa., in August for the North American final.

Obviously, local elections are where you can make the most difference, but it's great when everyone starts talking about what they believe in.

Aska is going to create history and show the way to the entire country by sending a member of women SHG to Parliament and four women members to the state assembly.

I want to caucus in Iowa. I'll caucus all over the state. I don't caucus in California. You don't caucus where you live. It doesn't look good.

I would rather be an aware citizen, and if an opportunity were to arise where I would have to make a statement, I would happily do that.

You know, I'm not comfortable with people whose politics are static in a democracy.

I look forward to the day that I can go with my daughters to the polling station for them to cast their first vote.

I can talk about casting a ballot from space since I did it last time I was on the space station. They basically send you an electronic file, it's a PDF, and you mark your choices.

I shy away from celebrity status because I don't want to be known as that guy. But I had a chance to partake in the events and the festivities of the Kentucky Derby, and that was a huge honor.

I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.