Michelle Lujan Grisham Quotes

I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it.

We have to become involved in the political process - if we don't like it, we can change it.

We can change the direction of the country with our vote.

The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism.

Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

What we are doing in fact is recovering and progressing and sustaining the recovery of our democracy.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

The Declaration of Independence says when government fails, the people have the right to replace it. Well, New York State government has failed and the people have the right, indeed the people have the the people have the obligation, to act.

The American future is here, and there's great news: the future votes.

Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.

As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

We're betting, at this place and this time, we have people ready for change in the state of Maryland.

I noticed that democracy was broken and tried to work on fixing that in Japan. Then I realized that it was broken all over the place and decided to work on that too.

We have work to do, and Tuesday Americans sent Washington a clear message - get the job done.

I'm running for senator because it's time for a change.

If you ever, ever, ever want to complain about what's going on in the U.S., you should vote because then you have a right to. If you want to complain, you should vote.

I still have a great deal of faith in our political system and a great deal of faith in the American people and voter.

As a citizen of a community, if you never vote or engage, don't be surprised when the outcome doesn't serve your interests; you've never done anything to push things in the right direction.

I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.