Grace Slick Quotes

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.

A town meeting is a legislature of citizens, for citizens, and by citizens. The fact that each citizen of the town is also a legislator separates the New England town meeting from all other forms of democracy.

Democracy, in any active sense, begins and ends in communities small enough for their members to meet face to face.

With much care and skill power has been broken into fragments in the American township, so that the maximum possible number of people have some concern with public affairs.

The value of democracy lies in the fact that good or bad government has its roots in the localities where people know each other and where they account for their actions to their neighbors.

I believe in decentralized democracy.

Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.

Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done.

Even if it's a national issue, the federal government cannot provide all the answers.

We should be creative, and we should accommodate the needs of every community to open up the democratic process. We should make it easy and accessible for every citizen to participate.

The work of being a citizen is hard and annoying, but it can pay off.

I talk about jobs. I talk about education. I talk about making government work for people. That's really the dinner-table issues that I hear from Michiganders in every part of our state.

Conservatives believe in patriotism, but equally in community and the importance of local identity. We believe in devolution. We believe in localism. We believe that decisions should be taken locally wherever is practical; that communities matter.

Spend a while listening to people in your district to make sure you understand how they are served well in government and how they could be served better.

I have my own vision to lead the Seoul City, but whether or not I can display it totally depends on the citizens.

The White House is not where power comes from in this country. The cities and the local communities of this nation are prepared to save Washington - and not vice versa.

The rise of civic society is not a negation of politics, but marks an opportunity for the involvement of the people.

I've always said I would serve where Montanans feel I could be the most effective.

One of my philosophies is that citizens are the mayor... so we have citizens play an integral role in making policies and implementing them.

I'm convinced democracy will grow from the ground up, from the community.

You should absolutely get involved, especially those local politics like school board seats. That's really where America happens.