Helena Norberg-Hodge Quotes

The monied interests are doing what they do best - making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do best - use our voices, our vigor, and our votes.

I believe activism is the true source of change in the world. Pushing to change social structures in communities that you are a part of is critical for making real lasting change.

It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

Obama used to be a community organizer. He knows how to build communities.

I was always interested in social change but never actually did anything about it.

What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

I think this Occupy Wall Street thing is great. I think that is a good thing and that people need to stand up, voice their opinions, and be heard.

The middle-class America of my youth was another country.

As to politics, I am doing what I can for the cause.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

You have to decide to create the society you want to create, and that's done through politics.

When I look at our communities, our country, our justice system, those are things I want to change and I'm committed to changing, and that's going to take sacrifice. Laying the foundation is the hardest part and requires a lot of sacrifice and time.

I thought my parents were always having card parties - and they were - but they were actually also having meetings to organize people. My older sister would be part of youth organizing, and she'd have dance parties. People would be dancing and talking about how to improve their neighborhood.

That's what it's about, how society changes people but people can also change society. It only takes a few people to do things and help themselves instead of sitting around on their asses. She has a very global outlook on life and all sorts of things.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago.

We have to deal with where we are. We have to create cooperatives, we have to create intentional communities, we have to work for local cooperation where we are.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger.

Real, sustainable community change requires the initiative and engagement of community members.

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.