Troy Vincent Quotes

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

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

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

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.

If you sit back and simply allow your country to be, it is highly unlikely to be the kind of country you want. You have to be active.

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

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 don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

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.

I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.

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.

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

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

Someone who does an act. In a democratic society, you're supposed to be an activist; that is, you participate. It could be a letter written to an editor.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.

There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.

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

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.

Being a citizen in a democracy involves more than just voting. It means being involved for the common whole.

Democracy is not something we have, it's something we do.

People say that the government should be doing this Yeah, but the government is not doing this. So we do.

A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor.