Kate Sheppard Quotes

Those who stay away from the election think that one vote will do no good: T'is but one step more to think one vote will do no harm.

Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.

It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

Every drop in the ocean counts.

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly palliate the overwhelming importance of that point.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.

Too frequently we think we have to do spectacular things. Yet if we remember that the sea is actually made up of drops of water and each drop counts, each one of us can do our little bit where we are. Those little bits can come together and almost overwhelm the world. Each one of us can be an oasis of peace.

It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.

It's only a drop in the ocean - but the ocean wouldn't be the same without that drop.

When many little people in many little places do many little things, then the whole world changes.

The world will be solved by millions of small things.

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

You can start changing our world for the better daily, no matter how small the action.

None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. (p. 109)

The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

Be assured that our individual actions, collectively, make a huge difference.

In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.