National Association of Manufacturers Quotes

We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation.

It will not be enough to rely on experts. Ordinary citizens must become experts too. It will take public opinion on a wide scale to ensure that world leaders act.

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created.

Forget the polls and remember the people.

In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.

Many women feel that they are so unimportant that their action can count little for good or ill, but it is the mass of individuals that makes up public opinion and public opinion is what runs a democracy!

… we should remember that the real power behind international as well as national progress towards better conditions is public opinion

You know the voice of the people is a very, very powerful tool.

We can't have an intelligent foreign policy unless we have an intelligent public, because we're a democracy.

I ask you to find your voice and use it not only to choose your elected officials but to shape the issues that will shape our lives.

We need to start talking, to each other, about the issues that matter most. Otherwise, we are just pawns in the game of politics.

We care little about what the average citizen thinks.

Decision making in a democracy depends above all on knowledge and not just the intel available to presidents and policymakers.

I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.

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

Without an educated populace, democracy cannot sustain itself.

The only way back toward a democracy and economy that work for the majority is for most of us to get politically active once again, becoming organized and mobilized.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.

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

I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution.

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

Politics is not a spectator sport. You can't just sit on the sidelines.