Connie Nielsen Quotes

We can't talk about community values without being prepared to invest in those very same communities.

European Muslims need to feel ownership of security, rather than viewing the police as an occupying army.

If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.

Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now.

I am confident that if we stand for the hope and freedom of others we will make our own freedom more secure.

We need to take responsibility and educate people. That's why black folks don't like me. I always say it's our responsibility to make safe neighborhoods. It's our job to get them cleaned up.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

I would hope to get together with the Latino community, if I could ever have them talk to me without screaming and threatening me. So I hope to get together with the community and try to explain what we do, so that's going to be one of my missions coming up.

The extent to which all people in our society are made to count, and believe that they count, is not just a measure of decency; it makes sound economic sense.

'Star Trek' is about a bunch of disparate people and what they're capable of when they work together.

The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.

When we empower our communities, we are all better off.

I think part of the problem with charity is that it tends to make us view people as helpless victims. I think in the future, we'll look back on charity in the same way that we look back on colonialism today: as a very paternalistic system that doesn't fully recognise the full spectrum of humanity.

An open society invests in people and new ideas, rewards talent and hard work, values dialogue and learns from dissent, operates to high standards with transparent information, looks for common ground, sees problems as opportunities for creative change, and encourages those who are fortunate to help others get the same chance, because service is the highest ideal.

And to all of your supporters here and around the country: I want you to know, I've heard you. Your cause is our cause. Our country needs your ideas, energy, and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for America. We wrote it together - now let's go out and make it happen together.

Those who wish to promote the welfare of the people should advance in solidarity with them and select the path most suitable for them. Since the history of our people is different from that of the people of the West, the steps that the two peoples choose to take in order to advance must also be different.

My feminist training was that this was your goal, to be a self-sufficient woman, but that is a miscalculation. It's just not the way we work. We work in dialogue with the community.

People should look at the government as 'us,' not as 'them' and not in terror.

As long as we're united, and as long as we continue to organize, invest, and lead with our values, we'll be unstoppable.

We all need to stand together and be a part of creating the future we hope to see.

The America I know is trusted, sometimes guardedly, but among those who aspire to improve the lives of their citizens, among those who feel vulnerable, and among those who want an equal voice in a partnership, we remain the partner of choice. The America I know leads, sometimes cautiously, but always ethically.

With abolition, it's necessary to destroy systems of oppression. But it's equally necessary to put at the forefront our conversations about creation. When we fight for justice, what exactly do we want for our communities?

I hope my work inspires people to speak and to stand up together to make change. Big or small, it doesn't matter.