Public Empowerment Quotes

An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.

Government is truly beginning to embrace the power of innovation for the people and by the people, the idea that if government collaborates openly with and unleashes the ingenuity of the public, it will get much more done, much faster and at much lower cost than if government acted alone.

The public must be put in its place, so that it may exercise its own powers, but no less and perhaps even more, so that each of us may live free of the trampling and roar of a bewildered herd.

What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule.

I acknowledged that I owed my presidency to People Power. I resolved during my presidency that I would in turn empower the people.

I think the American people ought to take their democracy back.

I have seen people wanting to devote their time & energy to nation building. All they need is an opportunity. 'MyGov' is that opportunity!

States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education and making people able to participate in the economies, and in decision-making.

I've proposed a contract with the American voter that will give the government back to the people.

I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information.

A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation.

The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights.

An empowered public is the foundation for a stronger society, more effective government, and a more successful state.

Dancing in public spaces and moving your body freely in a public space is reclaiming what was taken from you when you were violated. The energy of that - you can't capture it, you can't own it. Capitalists can't buy it.It can't be sold. It can't be monetized. And that's why I think it's so powerful.

The purpose of Conservative Budgets is to empower the British people and revitalise the country.

When you have no real power, go public - really public. The public is where the real power is.

In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.

The transfer of [...] capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal.

The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our democracy and to our constitution.

It is an axiom in my mind that our liberty can never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the state to effect, and on a general plan.

The power and influence of a movie star is curious: I didn't ask for it or take it; people gave it to me. Simply because you're a movie star, people empower you with special rights and privileges.

We are afraid to trust ourselves, and pretend that we are afraid to trust the people. My hopes have rested and always will rest upon the people …. The people will rise in their majesty, and the world will be interested in the spectacle.