“It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.” LeaderIssuesCitizensMajorsNotesOppositionRepresentativesParticipationShockingRejecting Author:Amani
“We all know that election reform takes time. That's because those who have benefited from the system are the ones who fight hardest to preserve it. So if we're going to succeed, we need an independent coalition of citizens who believe in reform, who believe that our election laws should treat every voter equally, who believe that low levels of competition and participation are not healthy for democracy. The Independence Party is helping to build that coalition and I am happy to join you in doing so.” IfsKnowsNeedsShouldBelieveHelpingLawFightingLevelsPartyDemocracyCitizensHealthySucceedLowsTreatsIndependentElectionIndependenceCompetitionHardestReformPreservesVotersTake TimeParticipationCoalitionsLow Level Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.” PeopleKindStatesUseBodyLawSubjectsCitizensMembersAuthorityActiveTitlesComparePassiveSovereignParticipationSubordination Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting the enmities of the other; and participation in the quarrels and wars of the other without any justification. Still another evil is that such a passionate attachment gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens the facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country.” GivingStillsWarRealCountryEvilNationsInterestCommonSacrificeProduceCitizensIllusionPassionateVarietyAttachmentBetrayAmbitiousJustificationParticipationQuarrelsFacilityEnmityAdoptingDeludedCommon Interests Author:George Washington
“The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourse, or the marketplace and of the voting booth.” WantPoliticalSpeakLanguageShareIdentityCitizensTablesDinnerCoreVotingTicketsParticipationDiscourseMarketplacePolitical LifeDinner TablePublic Discourse Author:S. I. Hayakawa
“In 1793 such a force as no one had any conception of made its appearance. War had again suddenly become an affair of the people, and that of a people numbering thirty millions, every one of whom regarded himself as a citizen of the State... By this participation of the people in the war... a whole Nation with its natural weight came into the scale.” PeopleMadeWarStatesWholeForceNationsNaturalMillionsCitizensWeightAffairAppearanceScalesThirtyConceptionParticipation Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be educated for democracy to work, but for him it wasn't trite. It was really this strenuous challenge to citizens to use their moments of leisure, which he defined as time away from work, to collect the facts that were necessary for full democratic participation.” IfsNeedsMomentsFactsUseSoundChallengesDemocracyCitizensDemocraticEducatedDefinedLeisureParticipationTime Away Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. We have to increase voter turnout and citizen participation so that people know what's going on and demand a government that works for everybody and not just the one percent.” PeopleKnowsWayGovernmentHappensPoliticalProcessCitizensInvolvedDemandPercentIncreaseVotersParticipationVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.” WayDesireIndividualLibertyCitizensLibertarianOfficialsDevicesLibertarianismParticipationPublic Officials Book:Toward a national urban policy Source: Toward a national urban policy
“We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.” PeopleMenNeedsCountryAmericaYoungColorCitizensMen And WomenBuiltDependentParticipation Author:Walter Dean Myers