Margrethe Vestager Quotes

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

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.

It's very important that people who are feeling the need to do something... get activated.

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

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 don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.

I want to help find opportunities for people to become active participants in their communities.

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved.

As a girl who was raised on the idea that we should give back to our community as much as possible, I believe that we have more power than we think when it comes to making change.

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

Political involvement is more than a game.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

We are not apathetic in this country.

Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.

Social actions means that you find an issue in your community, and you create an initiative to solve that issue or to help people.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.

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.

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

I think we may be seeing the beginnings of a resurgence of civic-mindedness in this country. Hopefully the younger generations, which came out in record numbers during the last presidential election, will pass their enthusiasm on to their children.

I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.

I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

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.