Ron Kind Quotes

China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.

I have my own vision to lead the Seoul City, but whether or not I can display it totally depends on the citizens.

We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participation, but people need to be informed before they can get involved.

I will involve everyone to make Delhi an ideal state.

It is one of the great goals of my administration to invigorate the spirit of involvement and citizenship. We will encourage faith-based and community programs without changing their mission.

The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it!

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

We're all looking for an authentic way to be engaged in the community, engaged in politics, engaged in national discussion - and so, we're clunky. We're all clunky. But it's better than not doing it.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

The people must know that from this day on, we want their opinions.

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.

I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

Increased town size hurts real democracy in two ways. First… it dramatically reduces the percentage of citizens who attend town meetings. Second, town size increases the number of citizens who attend, which dramatically reduces the percentage of these attendees who participate.”

From a very early age, I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave the country as good as he had found it.

The militia system, … has no hold upon the affections of our citizens.

Mobilize population and all partners—the public sector and the private sector. Development is everybody’s business.

With much care and skill power has been broken into fragments in the American township, so that the maximum possible number of people have some concern with public affairs.

The work of being a citizen is hard and annoying, but it can pay off.

Seoul will do what it can do, such as letting citizens participate in cutting energy use or in producing more of their own energy. This is how we can thwart the increase in nuclear plants.

The process of wanting to clean India is not an overnight job. At the same time, if we can inspire all citizens, it would happen much more quickly.

One of my philosophies is that citizens are the mayor... so we have citizens play an integral role in making policies and implementing them.

I'm always trying to invite citizens to participate in the process of public decision-making.

Be an active participant in your community and country. Every small gesture makes up the big gestures. Resist, rinse, repeat.