Bernardo Bichara Quotes

The Internet has brought democracy to so many other things. It's about time the Internet brought democracy to democracy.

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.

Countries that have the Internet already are not going to turn it off. And so the power of freedom, the power of ideas will spread, and it will change those societies in very dramatic ways.

Change never comes from the White House. It comes from your house and my house.

Web 2.0 is a grand utopian movement. It worships the creative amateur: the self-taught filmmaker, the dorm-room musician, the unpublished writer. It suggests that everyone--even the most poorly educated and inarticulate amongst us--can and should use digital media to express and realize themselves. Web 2.0 "empowers" our creativity, it "democratizes" media, it "levels the playing field" between experts and amateurs. The enemy of Web 2.0 is "elitist" traditional media.

Going forward, we must continue the fight to change the direction of our country.

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.

We have entered an era vibrating with the din of small voices. Every citizen can be a reporter, can take on the powers that be.

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

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.

The goal in the end is not to win elections. The goal is to change society.

Somehow, the guys in power have to be reached by counter-power, or through a change in their hearts and minds, or change will not come.

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

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

The fight for democracy relies on community support.

What I was excited about was the opportunity for punters to be part of politics. The whole idea was to allow the voices of people outside this weirdo palace of Westminster to be heard. I thought the whole social media thing might be really positive.

Sitting out of politics isn't really an option if you don't want things to slide.

Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens.

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

At every turn when there has been an imbalance of power, the truth questioned, or our beliefs and values distorted, the change required to restore our nation has always come from the bottom up from our people.

The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

I sincerely believe blogging can save America.

While living in America when I attended Harvard in the early 1970s, I saw for myself the awesome, almost miraculous, power of a people to change policy through democratic means.