Fred Eychaner Quotes

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.

Social actions means that you find an issue in your community, and you create an initiative to solve that issue or to help people.

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

I've also said you don't rule any options out, because if you are in public life because you want to make a difference... obviously, you have to be open to those kind of possibilities.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.

I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our condition resides.

The primary thing I should do, apart from being a good husband, brother, son, and friend, is to be a citizen activist. But I'm afraid it takes away from the writing. Not that anything depends on whether I put an essay in 'The Nation' or not. But you want to participate.

Every time I attend a We Day event, I learn something new, and I always feel way more perspective not just for the world I live in, but also the world that's happening around me.

When I was very young, I took no interest in party politics. My line of interest was how can you be part of an influence to the society that you live in.

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

There is nothing that says you can't be active and love your community and fight for your community and still do your job.

Service learning connects classroom studies to real-world issues, with hands-on activities and problem solving. Youth can study biology and ecology by testing the water in their own community; or learn about statistics, calculating the food supply and usage at the local food bank.

Having seen my mom in community volunteer work my whole life and in Congress for 25 years, it is true as she often says that she sees her service as an extension of her role as a mother and a grandmother.

My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

My interest in community is what fuels my work as a writer, more than just wanting to write or just wanting to have a TV show.

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.

It's really important to be active in your community, whatever community that is... find allies and find people who you relate to and who make you stronger as a group.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service.

We like where we live and we wanna participate in our neighbourhoods and communities and stuff and try to- we're not like benevolent- it's pretty basic.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.