Jean Chretien Quotes

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

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

So, what we do as individuals matters. It adds up.

It takes time for people to understand how, as an individual, I can have an impact on the way that society works.

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

Change happens from the bottom up - all of us as individuals deciding that we will and we do have an impact.

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

There is nothing here that's broken that can't be fixed, but it won't happen on its own. It's going to require a huge lift by the entire country of the United States of America and people on the ground taking personal responsibility for themselves. You cannot take it as a fait accompli that the city's going to come back.

One man can make a difference and every man should try.

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.

I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not look to politicians to do that.

I'm the one who's put myself into politics, so I'm the one that really should be wearing that front-facing role.

Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.

When you've wised up enough, there is a very clear conclusion that you have to reach after a while, which is, at the end of the day, it is really impossible for one person to make a difference.

People are always saying,'They'll take care of it. The government'll--Don't worry, they'll--' 'They' who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done...

As any change must begin somewhere, it is the single individual who will experience it and carry it through. The change must indeed begin with an individual; it might be any one of us. Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself.

Let's get with it, guys: You don't need to hear a Ministry song to get political. You should be political on your own. We're just a side project to society. So do I care what people think about me personally? No. I just do what I do.

I think that things happen individually first, and then collectively. It's not the other way around.

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

I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least in my lifetime, there has been a tremendous combining of activism and music, that came up in the era of Pete Seeger and the Weavers and Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and Peter Paul & Mary.

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent.

Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world. For, indeed, that's all who ever have.

I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.