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We’re the owners of this country. We don’t act like the owners. We act like white rabbits that get programmed by messages coming out of Washington.

Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

Our democracy is not something to be taken for granted. You have to fight for it. You have to commit yourself to working for it - for the long haul.

I enjoyed my stay in the Congress. Most people do not. And too many people who have been elected really don't understand the nature of government.

To me, the real 'state of the union' is found in how Americans react to current events.

I want Bolivians to support their president.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.

Although elections are not perfect tools for democracy, they reinforce the relationship between the people and their leaders, empowering citizens to remove and replace their governments in a peaceful and orderly manner. The only basis for a peaceful society is providing people with the opportunity to express their opinions and their will, and elections are instrumental in doing so.

Very little is dependable in the politics of a going democracy except the people's conviction that one world-saver at a time is enough.

If the American people are going to support a policy than they had better be made to understand the rationale.

Popular movements respond to the ups and downs of the headlines, to some extent

The fundamentalist call has resonance because it invited men to participate… in contrast to a political culture that reduces citizens to spectators and asked them to leave things to their rulers.

In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be looked upon as large assemblies, of which all the inhabitants are members; their populace exercises a prodigious influence upon the magistrates, and frequently executes its own wishes without their intervention.

Political activities are still suspended …. The population has always acted according to its feelings instead of its mind.

Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process.

Unless we citizens speak out, unless we are vigilant, democracy cannot fully function.

Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like me aren't pushed to that corner.

I think that the movement is weak in Zimbabwe, much weaker than it is in Italy for example, much weaker than it is in Spain, much weaker than it is even in Germany, although there the groups are small they are very vociferous and you get them speaking loudly and organising.

I am a political animal, because for God's sakes I think "We The People" is a job. I think experienced self government demands on all levels - intellectual, moral, historical, and spiritual level. We are supposed to be engaged and give directions to our elected employees.

When we ignore the will of the people, people lose.

It's about grass-roots campaigning, meeting voters face-to-face, and above all, listening to what they have to say.

I took on pension reform, health care reform, and leave reform - all of those tough issues that so many elected officials prefer to kick down the road to the next generation. But that's not who I am. I am not persuaded by what is politically popular but what is best for the citizens of Baltimore.

All my life I've been interested in politics. I went on the miners march when I was six months old. My parents are really political.