Fredrik Bajer Quotes

We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.

I have been a lifelong community activist and frankly did not dream of being in public office.

We've got activists all across the country like the members of the Million Mom March organization, some of their leaders are here tonight. We're phone banking congressional offices and pursuing editorial boards.

We can all become activists and raise questions.

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.

I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.

I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington.

I campaign all the time.

Policy makers do the right thing only if the public makes as much noise as possible.

You cannot do anything without rousing the masses to action.

We have to remain vigilant and loud and stay consistently engaged with our representatives and the political process every single day, on both a macro and micro level.

I think voting is the lowest form of political action that you can do. A lot of times, it keeps people from doing stronger things.

My mother informed me that the way to be a change agent to create change, the first line of defense, or however you want to phrase that, is politics and government.

I started doing organizing work as a teenager. I was part of an organization called the 21st Century Youth Leadership Movement at 14.

We now have over a hundred thousand people who are signed up on our campaign and our petition to open up the debate, and we're encouraging people to come and to join us and to insist that we need to be included.

It's one thing to answer to constituents. It's another thing to have professional disruptors show up at an event with the intent to derail so that you can't connect with your constituents.

You don't need role models to be part of a social movement as long as you care about the issues.

I worked on congressional campaigns when I was a teenager. I did United Way fundraisers when I was a teen. We advocated; we spoke out. I protested the first Iraq War in college.

I've always done party building and party fundraising.

Even if you can't be an activist every day, when you can be, do it.

You just have to find your activism, and don't let anyone tell you what that should look like. If you're doing the work, and you're getting someone to think, you're on the right path.

Rallies, marches on Washington, protests, et al. are pointless if there is no action to make them mean something.

On my show, I often discuss all the ways one can get involved politically on a local level, precincts, et al.

Before running for the Washington State Senate in 2014, I had spent 20 years as an activist. I had always believed that we needed to push for change on the outside, through community organizing and advocacy.

Working on a campaign and running for president should be a visceral, emotional, passionate, and intense experience.