Quotes about Participation
Voting isn't the most we can do, but the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one.
— Gloria Steinem
All my years campaigning have given me one clear message: Voting isn't the most we can do, but it is the least. To have a democracy, you have to want one. Still, I realize this fully only by looking back.
— Gloria Steinem
Democracy is just something you must do every day, like brushing you teeth.
— Gloria Steinem
Politics are a part of daily life.
— Gloria Steinem
Voting isn't the most we can do, but it's the least.
— Gloria Steinem
Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
— Patrick Lencioni
There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.
— Hillary Clinton
We live in the world with you. We do not forsake forum or bath or workshop, or inn, or market, or any other place of commerce. We sail with you, fight with you, farm with you.
— Tertullian
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
— Theodore Roosevelt
My sister having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going.
— Charles Dickens
To be creative is only to have health: to keep oneself fully alive in the Creation, to keep the Creation fully alive in oneself, to see the Creation anew, to welcome one's part in it anew.
— Wendell Berry
Make no mistake, here in our time, it's more important than ever that we show up to vote, not just this year, but every year and in every election. Every voice must be heard and every vote must be counted.
— Michelle Obama