Doris Haddock Quotes

Democracy is not a spectator sport.

We are not perfect. Democracy is a messy business … Democracy depends on people getting and keeping involved … In our democracy, the government is not them; it is us.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

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

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.

Democracy is not a result. Democracy is a process.

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

Americans need to be engaged and invested in the legislative process that affects their daily lives, otherwise we are just democracy in name only.

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.

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.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

Democracy is not elections. Democracy includes elections.

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.

It is citizen participation that nourishes the strength of a democracy.

Somehow we must be able to show people that democracy is not about words, but action.

You have a voice, you have a vote. Use it.

I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

I love voting day. I love the sight of my fellow citizens lining up to make their voices heard.

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

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.

What's wrong is that we are not participating to make this the type of government it needs to be.

You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right, which is, you know, perfectly legitimate in our democracies.