Active Citizens Quotes

Without effective states working with active and involved citizens, there is little chance for the growth that is needed to abolish global poverty.

We are not merely historians but also and always citizens.

If active or concerned citizens forfeit politics, they thereby abandon their society to its most mediocre and venal public servants

I think Donald Trump is not going to be impeached [in a ] month. Let's not close out possibilities.I do think that what's happening is great and that people are active and people are just involved in the democratic process.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

The highly motivated people in society are the ones causing all the trouble. It's not the lazy unmotivated folks sitting in front of a TV eating potato chips who bother anyone.

What motivates me is the desire to bring up a whole new generation of active citizens who believe in peace and social justice and will work for it.

... it's important that people who are politically active understand both sides.

In a democracy, if people don't have accurate information, how can they be active citizens? How can they be part of the debate? And if you are facing powerful forces on the right and in Trump administration who want to create an alternative reality that feeds into their objectives for our country, you more than ever need the press to cut through that, and to be as accurate as possible.