Quotes About Participation

I do think a healthy opposition is very necessary in a democracy.

It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.

Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations.

I've tried to be active in civic organizations as well as the Church.

Even throughout college and post-college, I've always been incredibly hyperactive. Even at Boston College, I was involved in so many different organizations and initiatives.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

In 1970, as a 26 year-old, I joined in the effort in my home state of Massachusetts to organize for Earth Day. But what made the event so successful was that I was only one of about 20 million Americans of all ages and backgrounds who got involved.

We've got to figure out a way to cause communities to also want them, the political, organized bodies.

A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in?

We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

In New Orleans, we like to interact with the crowd. We don't like people sitting down.

I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

I have had the opportunity to speak to the people of South Jersey. I have held Tele-Town Halls, gone to countless events, and met with thousands of the individuals who make up our community.

As soon as I heard of Common Goal I knew this was a chance for football to improve our world and I wanted to be part of it.

Ours is a fully democratic government, which in our language we call a people's government.

Audiences like to be challenged and to be actively involved and try to guess an outcome.

If Latinos stay at home, we determine the outcome of an election.

A lot of people don't want to vote because they believe the negatives rather than the positives about the outcome of their decisions about the sheriff or councilman or the board of education in their community.

I know that my voice and my vote matter and that I can help shape the outcome of events that I care deeply about.

You're guaranteed to have outcomes you like and outcomes you don't like in a democracy.

I don't have to stand back as an outsider to look at society.

Significant organizational learning can't happen in isolation. It always involves the joint participation of a set of middle managers. This requires that they actually talk to each other and listen to each other, rather than just taking turns talking to and listening to a common boss.

As a young man, even if I was going to see a play or a film by myself, I didn't feel like I was alone. There was something that was unfolding up there that brought me into it. And I recognised that. For those two hours, it made me feel like I belonged to something really good.