Jacques Pierre Brissot Quotes

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

City of Los Angeles is my home, and it is my duty to lead by example, contribute all that I can, and help make the world a better place with the tools and resources available to me.

I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.

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

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.

Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

Whatever we do in government, teaches.

… schools of liberty …. warehouses of disinterested patriotism

Pastors can lead the way in motivating the faithful to wise stewardship of their citizenship responsibilities. Without a healthy culture and civil society, limited government and ordered liberty will be impossible.

Politicians want people to be nice neighbours, but the tools at their disposal are just the tools of modern liberal society, which are nothing.

Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.

Public broadcasting makes our nation smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.

America needs a big idea that plays to its strength. It should look to national service.

We gotta educate the kids. You've got to do your job as a citizen, but the same time, you have to also give the tools to the society to learn and create their habits so it's a seamless transition to become a better society.

Throughout my life, I've always believed that the sole purpose of public service is to improve the lives of the people around us. From the Freeport Town Council to serving as Speaker of the State House, I've kept that sense of purpose close to my heart - consistently and passionately asking myself how we make progress.

Being the mayor of the third largest city in the country, that's humbling, but it also gives me incredible hope.

My passion for strengthening the community and making peoples' lives better is stronger now than when I first got into politics.

Our communities are strong because local leaders and active citizens listen and learn from the people they serve.

It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient endeavor, but by brutal destruction.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

How could I remain a spectator while Singapore faces such complex challenges? How could I not step forward when I know I have more to contribute to the country we all worked to build?