Alex Pareene Quotes

I definitely care about what's happening in our country. I grew up in a family that was very liberal and had very strong opinions about liberal ideas. I was around those thoughts and had conversations about those things and did the best I could to absorb what was happening around me and have my own opinion about it.

Not less, but more democracy - that is the demand, that is the great goal that we have to prescribe for ourselves, and especially for our youth.

I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

What are the American ideals? They are the development of the individual for his own and the common good; the development of the individual through liberty; and the attainment of the common good through democracy and social justice.

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

They are entitled to their rightful share in running the country.

The power of the arts is not simply to provide pleasant esthetics but to help move us forward as a democracy.

The extension of suffrage will not forbid the supremacy of intelligence.

We need to learn democracy. Everything takes time.

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

I’m in politics to speak up for a Canada that takes risks, that stands up for what’s right. A Canada that leads.

Universal suffrage is the government of a house by its nursery

It is not suffrage that gives life to democracy; it is our democratic society that gives life to suffrage.

I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

I am a lifelong Democrat.

In a democracy, a person's vote is their voice. For much of our history, however, not everyone's voice was welcome at the voting booth.

It's our heritage: we Democrats, we dream a lot.

I think that there is not any group of people in this country who do not believe that they should be a part of the process.

I am rather proud of my modest contribution to bringing democracy home.