Prakash Raj Quotes

I am a person that when I go in the street, everybody knows me and goes: 'Oh, you are entering politics.' I want to do something positive for the future. It doesn't mean to become a leader of a party.

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.

My ministry's always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

The government should now launch an initiative to encourage people to join the social work profession.

I just figure if you have a modicum of celebrity, you need to use it, and you need to use it for more things than just promoting yourself or your film or your image or your product.

I'm always wondering what else I could be doing. It never feels enough to just use my platform. I'm happy to give a voice to people who may not be heard half as much, but I'm always wondering what else I could be doing, since my position almost requires me to do more. And I want to do more.

Every time I attend a We Day event, I learn something new, and I always feel way more perspective not just for the world I live in, but also the world that's happening around me.

I have been into social work since 45 years, and at an average, every day for one or two hours, I have been engaging in social discourses. It is not a small thing.

Public service and community organizing and movement building is such a part of my DNA that it's really hard to separate it.

It's about being a voice in the community. There's so many ways to be a voice, and that's what I'm figuring out.

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

I have spent my entire life working to make my community and my country better. And I can't wait to get inside the courtroom to tell my story.

As far as my work for causes or social issues, that's something I'm doing as a private citizen.

It's unfortunate that some people do not see what entertainers do in the background, but many of us do so much work with causes. You know some people have chewed me out, saying things like, "Oh why could you post pictures in your dresses and meanwhile they killing black men on the street?" I'm thinking, excuse me do you know what I did today? Do you know what I'm doing right now while I'm reading this post? So I think a lot of celebrities get a bad rap because people see the surface.

One of the reasons I came into politics was because I thought I lacked the skills to be a social worker.

Be involved; be informed. Make meaningful contributions to society through service and involvement.

Having seen my mom in community volunteer work my whole life and in Congress for 25 years, it is true as she often says that she sees her service as an extension of her role as a mother and a grandmother.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

That's what it's about, how society changes people but people can also change society. It only takes a few people to do things and help themselves instead of sitting around on their asses. She has a very global outlook on life and all sorts of things.

I did not dedicate my life to making Baltimore a safer and more just place because it was easy.

In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.

When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

There's so much importance in honoring your everyday hero. It doesn't take money. It doesn't take connections. What matters is that people get involved. Whether your passion is gun control or food or whatever it may be, everybody needs to stop being so self-absorbed.

I had the opportunity at Duke to start doing things in the community, and it's something I continue to do even 20 years later.