Quotes About Participation

What matters most is not who is sitting in the White House, but "who is sitting in" -- and who is marching outside the White House, pushing for change.

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

Having a vote once every four years is not the same thing as democracy.

We're not perfect, but we do have democracy.

No right is more precious in a free country than that of having a voice in the election of those who make the laws under which, as good citizens, we must live. Other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.

Uneducated citizens are potentially as dangerous to the proper functioning of our democratic institutions as are uneducated workers when they handle complicated machinery.

With participation in politics so low at the moment I think Christians should ensure their views are represented at all levels and not leave it to others.

Since more people vote in reality television shows than in elections for the European Parliament or municipal authorities the response of politicians has been to try desperately to be more like television: conversational friendly emotional and not too demanding. How else can Congressmen and parliamentarians retain the interest of the young How else to be heard through the cacophony of information overload

The exoneration of the mass. No one voice is to blame. But his voice was there.

You pay taxes, but the law doesn't allow you any say in how they are spent, let alone the option to withhold them when you want to influence Government policy.

I'm game if you are.

Democrats hold that governments are legitimate when those who are affected by decisions play an appropriate role in making them and when there are meaningful opportunities to oppose the government of the day, replacing it with an alternative.

The purpose of the Adizes Method is to achieve the process of management described in this book. People participate on subjects which either affect them or to which they have something to contribute. Via synerteams and the POCs, they can change whatever can and needs to be changed. And the structured, disciplined decision-making process of the Adizes Method enables people to feel responsible for the decisions that are made cooperatively.

MAGHRIBI: Learning is in activity. Learning through words alone is minor activity.

El mejor jugador de un juego es el espectador… pregúntale.

A lot of people enjoy being dead. But they're not dead, really. They're just backing away from life. They're players, but they think life is a practice game and they'll save themselves for later. So they sit on the bench, and the only championship they'll ever see goes on before them. The clock ticks away the quarters. At any moment they can join in.

But the wonderful thing about our democratic system is that anyone can jump in regardless of qualifications and present himself or herself to the American people, whether you are a former general, a former politician, a fool, or whatever. Quoted in The NPR Interviews 1996, edited by Robert Siegal

Poetry must be made by all and not by one.

Poetry should be made by all and not by one.

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

In the life of every believer, there is conformity to Christ's suffering, a participation in Christ that inevitably includes the elements of self-denial, shame, and loss.

Assent. Child's agreement to participate in a research study.

If you don't vote, you're a moron.