Quotes About Participation

Deliberation and debate is the way you stir the soul of our democracy.

Learning by doing is the only way I know how to learn.

Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.

If citizens do not believe they can change their leaders through the ballot box, they will find other ways, even at the risk of destabilizing their countries.

I thought of myself as an outsider in a lot of ways as I was growing up. Not in a bad way; more as an observer. I often find myself thinking as an observer of science fiction rather than as a participant.

We cannot be mere consumers of good governance, we must be participants; we must be co-creators.

We cannot talk about a player who is not here.

We cannot imagine democracies without a vibrant civil society.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

We cannot comfort ourselves with the idea that young people will take a greater interest in our politics as they establish themselves in a job, in their communities or in their family life.

The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.

It's an honour every time I get the chance to go out on to the pitch, whether it be starting or as a sub, so I'm just happy to get on the pitch whenever I can.

It is always better to play and be on the pitch.

It is nice to be playing, being on the pitch, and contributing to the team.

The main thing is to be on the pitch and enjoy my football.

I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.

I competed in different places all over the world. I represented my country in the Pan-American championships.

We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

As Democrats, we believe in giving every eligible citizen the opportunity to vote - whether it's early because they can't take off work on Election Day or absentee because they might have plans to be out of town.

Everything that works on the Internet depends on a lot of people collaborating, but there's also these rules that you see across all the really successful platforms. Many, many, many more people consume the information or benefit from the information than actually contribute the information.

Social media has democratised platforms of expression so much - now a child can have a very loud voice.

I watched other boys play baseball and other games, but I was too sickly to join in the fun.

Women are the same. We watch football; we play football. Why wouldn't we be out there giving our opinions on the sport ,too?

You would never train people to play football by telling them to watch football. You make them play football.