Bill Clinton Quotes

Kids really have a lot more power than they think they have. They have the power to change the world. And they should know it.

Change America—Change the World

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.

If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

Anyone can make a difference, so you don't have to have it be some huge, global campaign... you can start small, and that's just as important.

In the U.K., a lot of writers won't show up to support activist issues because they figure they're already repairing the world. I don't want to be one of those people.

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

Wake up America.

Grass Roots Convention

I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

I believe that young kids have agency and can make a difference in the world.

No matter what government does or does not do, people need to remember the power is in their hands to make their small part of the world better. Set a tone of kindness.

I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not look to politicians to do that.

Music must awaken people to do their duty as citizens and act.

I can't expect rappers to be politicized when Americans are not socially motivated enough to care about their own lives and public policy as much as they were even 20 years ago. But I'm compelled to make the music I make regardless.

The only way change will ever happen is if we speak up, and we have to know that it actually has an impact. Because we have a lot more power than we think we do, I think.

Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

I really encourage people to travel so we can see how the rest of the world views our country. That's really important. Secondly, as artists, activists, and citizens who vote, we have to begin to vote from our heart.

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.