Citizen Involvement Quotes

Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on.

Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.

There's a total separation between the federal government and the people. So running for president was an attempt on my part to get people to care enough to go vote. But people just don't bother. And that's why it's not working.

Public participation in the process of government is the essence of democracy.

Democracy works when people claim it as their own

There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

The reality is that government is a participative process.

Elections are a festival of democracy. Everyone must join this festival of democracy and strengthen it.

I will do my best to try to unite the country. To invite people from the south and east to the government. This is exactly what people need - to participate in the government of their country.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

We cannot safely leave politics to politicians, or political economy to college professors.

Government has got to open up and engage citizenry as partners.

Working in a bipartisan manner, with Congress and the support of the American people, Trump can, in fact, make America great again.

I firmly believe the Senate should see more voting and debate and less standing around and waiting for backroom deals.

What we are seeing here is democracy in action.

The rise of civic society is not a negation of politics, but marks an opportunity for the involvement of the people.

In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.

Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like me aren't pushed to that corner.

I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.

Voting is completely important. People in America think democracy is a given. I think of it as an ecosystem, and what gets in the way of it is politicians and apathy.

The politician is your best friend - he always wants to be there when he's asking for your vote. But then, often, he doesn't have time for you when he gets into office. To me, it's the opposite. They should listen to you more when they're actually in office.

If you will help run our government in the American way, then there will never be any danger of our government running America in the wrong way.

All people have the duty and the right to participate in public debate.