Daniel Greenberg Quotes

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

A democracy is predicated on an educated citizenry. You cannot have a democracy with people that are more interested in what Nicole Kidman is doing or whoever the latest fashion model is.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

But, you know, I'm sorry, I think democracy requires participation. I mean, I don't want to proselytize but I do feel some sort of duty to participate in the process in some way other than just blindly getting behind a political party.

Democracy is not just voting for your leaders; it's really premised upon ordinary citizens understanding the issues.

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul.

I believe that people who do not vote in this country have no right to complain about the government that we are now living under. By the same token, if you don't really vote in television, you're never going to have your way. Write a letter to the president of the network.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

I'm responsible. I even did a commercial for MTV saying how I was going to register to vote. And I still haven't.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

I feel it's a person's duty to participate in the governing of the country in which he lives.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.

What's hard, it seems, is living up to the expectations Democracy imposes upon those who would participate in society.

I was very proud of you and your vote on the McCarran Bill. I wish I could say the same for myself.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.