Benjamin Franklin Quotes

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

Most politicians will not stick their necks out unless they sense grass-roots support ... neither you nor I should expect someone else to take our responsibility.

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!

I'm not going to change the world. You're not going to change the world. But we can help - we can all help.

No one person can change the world, but one and one and one add up.

Small acts by millions of people - imagine the impact of that. If someone changes one thing, they're likely to change two things, and then three things. Then they're likely to demand that from their leadership.

Most of the time we do nothing, myself included, I think the lesson I learned from [playing humanitarian Tessa in The Constant Gardner] is that a lot of drops make up an ocean. If people would stand up and say what they believe in maybe we can make a difference. Helping one person is better than nothing. Just do something.

One individual cannot possible make a difference, alone. It is individual efforts, collectively, that makes a noticeable difference - all the difference in the world!

My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.

You can be a catalyst for change but change never really entirely happens just because of one guy.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.

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

If all of us acted in unison as I act individually there would be no wars and no poverty. I have made myself personally responsible for the fate of every human being who has come my way.

I've also committed my time and resources to many local organizations like Christmas in April, Catholic Community Services, and Hudson County Meals on Wheels.

I think there's a mythology that if you want to change the world, you have to be sainted, like Mother Teresa or Nelson Mandela or Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Ordinary people with lives that go up and down and around in circles can still contribute to change.

It is not one government or another that can solve all of the problems. It's you.

Men will find that they can prepare with mutual aid far more easily what they need, and avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides, by united force.

The civil rights movement is often described as having been led by a relatively small group of exceptional individuals. But in my view, the movement itself was the outcome of a great many ordinary individuals taking extraordinary action.

How do we change as a culture, and how do we each individually take responsibility for the one piece of the solution that we are in charge of, and that is our own behavior?

Freedom will not prevail because of historical forces; it will only win, if it does, because of historical actors. In other words, us. Those like me who came of age around 1989 used to take democracy for granted.

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

I believe that we have a duty to look frankly at the social conditions around us and to work to do what we can to address the specific needs which we find.

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.

It takes time for people to understand how, as an individual, I can have an impact on the way that society works.

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.