Joko Widodo Quotes

I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week... First things first - that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more.

I think it is important the communities are listened to and that their voice is heard, particularly with local government boundaries more than parliamentary boundaries, because you are talking very much about communities. It can be a very emotive thing.

Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out.

I can tell you, you know, I am a person that every - people that do really know me well know that I'm extremely passionate about fighting for my families and the residents back home.

Alleviating suffering of the most marginalized communities must begin with assessing the needs of entire communities and allowing the most marginalized to lead the strategy. My belief is those closest to the pain are closest to the solution.

Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases.

Obama better understood community organisation and peer-to-peer communication than any recent candidate, and we are applying that lesson.

I had this epiphany that I like the interaction with people. I wanted to make things happen at a grassroots level.

I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution.

I'd like to be out in the city every day, listening to what people are saying and asking about what they need. I'd like to inspire others by doing as much as I can to help people who are trying to make a better life for themselves and others.

What I would say to the young men and women who are beset by hopelessness and doubt is that they should go and see what is being done on the ground to fight poverty, not like going to the zoo but to take action, to open their hearts and their consciences.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

By bringing the voices of the ordinary people faced with extraordinary challenges to television screens around the world, I hope to affect change in one community at a time.

An organization which claims to be working for the needs of a community - as SNCC does - must work to provide that community with a position of strength from which to make its voice heard. This is the significance of black power beyond the slogan.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

The party has to be much more. It has to connect in a real way with rank-and-file members and be their voice.

I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

There are many ways of encouraging people to make life better other than joining a political party. Politics with a small 'p' isn't just about darkened committee rooms, endless meetings - it is about giving people the right to make decisions about our lives.

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

We represent the people and we will do so in a way which allows us to interact with the people.

If our society is to address social issues, it will be done at the local level or not at all.

To enable consensus politics to develop we need to empower people where they live. This means devolving financial resources and political power down to the community level. One of the greatest blocks to movement is fear. This fear can only be removed when people feel their voices are being heard by government and when they have a say in their own lives and communities.

Communicating with the public seems to be essential, because public concern is probably the only thing capable of overcoming the special interests that have obfuscated the topic

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community ... must speak in the tone of that community, not as somebody else's buffer zone.