Howard Schultz Quotes

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

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

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

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

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can't succeed without your help.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

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

I don't think any country is perfect. It's our responsibility to do the best we can do to change the things we don't like. I think that's part of social responsibility, and everybody is going to do that in their own way.

You can complain about problems, and you can suffer from the ramifications of issues that are social in nature and impact you, but the best thing you can do is get off your couch, get out of your home and go do something about it.

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

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

The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it!

People have got to show up, showing up at meetings, rallies, marches, City Council, courtrooms. You've got to show up.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

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.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country.

As citizens of a free society, we have a duty to look critically at our world. But if we think we know what is wrong, we must act upon that knowledge.

There's always going to be a need for activism; there's always going to be a need for you and me doing the right thing, being very Lincoln-sonian in looking out for each other.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

The American Government will be what we all make of it.