Quotes About Participation

One man, one vote.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

It might be more worthwhile if we stopped wringing our hands and started ringing our congressmen.

Doing nothing is as good as collaborating.

Isn't doing nothing a kind of troublemaking?" "Doing nothing is doing nothing." "Doing nothing is as good as collaborating.

Isn't doing nothing a kind of troublemaking?" "Doing nothing is doing nothing." "Doing nothing is as good as collaborating.

I don't want to make trouble, Madame." "Isn't doing nothing a kind of troublemaking?" "Doing nothing is doing nothing." "Doing nothing is as good as collaborating." The

How decisive for the Christian educator, or for any educator of good will, is the revelation that man is made in the image and likeness of the three-Personed God? That is like asking what difference it will make to us if we keep in mind that a human being is made not for the processing of data, but for wisdom; not for the utilitarian satisfaction of appetite, but for love; not for the domination of nature, but for participation in it; not for the autonomy of an isolated self, but for communion.

Senators will also have been pleased to witness the declining importance of the people—

Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account - and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the elites.

Democracy provides the space for open criticism.

I'm aware of my audience in a way, and I do try to engage with them while I'm trying to go about my business of thinking. I believe they help me by providing a focus.

Playing on the field is different from providing inputs sitting in the dugout.

I like the idea of a Citizen's Assembly that has been used in Ireland, providing a forum in which to discuss the nuances of an issue before deciding if and how it should be put to the people.

Foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites.

A civilised society ought to make ample provision for everyone, no matter their background, to enjoy the arts and culture.

An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.

No citizen is apolitical; as a citizen, by definition, has to take interest in public affairs.

I am a big fan of seeing more women in public life.

It is this desire to see civil society remain a strong and united force within the U.K. that has encouraged me to chair Citizens U.K. Commission on Islam, Participation and Public Life.

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Public opinion must be heard.

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

We really should be grateful to the people who participate in research and allow certain details to be published about themselves. Because if they didn't, we wouldn't have nearly the understanding of the brain that we do.