Thomas Pogge Quotes

In order for critical pedagogy, dialogue, and thought to have real effects, they must advocate the message that all citizens, old and young, are equally entitled, if not equally empowered, to shape the society in which they live.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

You need to remind people that you vote, you matter, and that they can’t succeed without your help.

We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

I am the CEO and co-founder of Purpose - a social movement incubator and agency. We work on ways to help millions of people combine their power as citizens, consumers and cultural agents.

Activists and geeks, standing together, are demonstrating powers beyond the reach of government control.

I do feel, in a sense, the rules of engagement for citizenship has changed, and we must encourage other people to speak up and to take action.

The power to shape Oregon's future remains where it has always been - in our collective hands.

The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us.

At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.

King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.

Lenin strove constantly to get the people to understand that the leaders could not do everything for them, that they them-selves, with their own hands, would have to build a new life and defend their own state; in this he proved himself to be a real people's leader, able to show the people the way forward and induce them to take the first step forward fully conscious of their aim, instead of following blindly behind the leaders.

Governments are sails, the people is the wind, the state is the boat, and time is the sea.

When people come together in large numbers they become aware of their strength.

All power lays in the people!

I am the people — the mob — the crowd — the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?

It is not parties that make or save countries or that build them to greatness. It is clean men, clean ordinary citizens, the masses.

The American Government will be what we all make of it.

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

I see the value of being a force. I don't want to say a force, but numbers. If you're all spread out, you can't change policy for the better, and I feel we've done that.

No matter how many shows or how much work we do, we are not going to make a difference. It's only the masses that will make a difference.

A small group of motivated citizens can potentially have as much influence as a lobby group spending millions of dollars.

We've all got to get together and demand something better out of our government and out of each other. We've got a system that's making us working harder, and isn't giving us satisfaction. We've got to sit down and decide what the hell we really want to be as human beings.

Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils of misgovernment.