Samuel Adams Quotes

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

Now people are really inspired to do a lot, and the fire got lit under our asses to be more politically aware and be more politically involved in our community and pay more attention to what's going on.

Families are incubators for citizen activists.

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference.

Citizen activists look in the mirror, see what they're really good at and then apply their talents to solving social problems. It's skills-based volunteering.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

We need to get back to a level of social responsibility that we haven't seen for a long time.

I believe that all students, when asked to be accountable for their actions and to be socially aware citizens, will become agents for change!

The health of our republic depends on shared principles like the First Amendment, but it is also built on the Teddy Roosevelt-like vigor of its citizens and local self-reliance.

It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated.

Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process.

I have spent my life fighting for our country and our values. When those values are jeopardized, when our democracy is threatened, I believe it is our responsibility to speak out and demand accountability.

I've become more of a citizen and more of an activist.

Be an active participant in your community and country. Every small gesture makes up the big gestures. Resist, rinse, repeat.

I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.

I am not a journalist. I'm just a guy who cares. I'm sorry. I'm just a guy who cares an awful lot about my country.

Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.

Before you're a writer, you're a citizen, a human being, and therefore the weapons of the citizen are at your disposal to use or not use.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

My goal as a citizen is to do what I can to help the causes that I personally believe in.

It's important to be active in the causes that are important to you... That's how we make changes in this world.

No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.

Look, you've got a generation of people coming along who are going to form their own new relationship with the idea of supporting the causes that they care about or changing the world. And these people are not going to do it the way our parents do it.