Quotes About Action

Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been , that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

In politics, as in every other sphere of life, there are two important principles for a man of any sense: don't cherish too many illusions, and never stop believing that every little bit helps.

When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.

Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.

You suffer from the oldest delusion in politics. You think you can change the world by talking to a leader. Leaders are the effects, not the causes of changes.

This is the new politics. Personal responsibility. Not leaving it to others. I am my planet's keeper.

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

The first rule of holes: When you're in one stop digging.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.

Passive resistance seeks to rejoin politics and religion and to test all our actions in the light of ethical principles.

The doer and the thinker, no allowances for the other, as the failing light illuminates the mercenaries creed.

Personally, I believe there's a limitation to how much politics can change the world--but there's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.

They love us everywhere we go. So when in doubt, send the Marines.

Politics is the most important of the civil activities and has its own field of action, which is not that of religion.

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

In volunteer politics, a builder can build faster than a destroyer can destroy.

Politics does not end the day of the election.