Be not surprised that I am turned politician. The whole town is immersed in politics.
Any government, of whatever composition, needs to mobilise opinion way beyond its own ranks in order to do the difficult things that it does.
Our democracy... is only as good as the American people demand it should be.
Chile has changed. The people have become more mature and they are more conscious of their rights. They want to participate and have a say about things such as if and where a power plant can be built.
Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.
I believe in the democratization of the arts. What do I mean by that? I think museums, with some exceptions, have a responsibility to educate a much broader public.
Scientists must venture outside their comfort zones to show the public how cool - and how important - their work really is.
Anything that promotes a kernel of science, even though it's exaggerated and hyped by Hollywood, I think is a step forward. We in the ivory tower ultimately have to realize that in some sense we have to sing for our supper.
Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.
The way I see it, any attention I get, for whatever reason, just draws more eyes to the causes that I believe in.
A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
The most important thing is to tell people to go out and vote.
The power of the leader is given to him by the people, so he has a duty to engage and listen more attentively and carefully to the aspirations of the people.
We raise awareness and drop information about access and laws into pop culture spaces through making videos and through live events. That's like fifty percent of what we do.
My involvement in the political arena is to make sure there's a place for culture.
Politics is a contest among people of diverse backgrounds and philosophies, advocating different solutions to common problems. The system only works when principled, energetic people participate.
Folks can look at this issue and read it and it can feel like medicine, it can feel epidemic. We wanted this to hit people in their gut, and the hope is that by doing that, we can get more people to think more deeply about these issues.
Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people.
All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
Legislating should be done in a manner that is understandable to the governed.
Science isn't just for scientists - it's not just a training for careers.
I believe in active citizenship, for men and women equally, as a simple matter of right and justice. I believe we will have better government in all of our countries when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their different areas of experience and their common concern for the welfare of their families and their world.
If scientists can't communicate with the public, with policy makers, with one another, the future is going to be held back. We're not going to have the future that we could have.
Politicians are trying to attract people to issues.
There was only one punch. Tony Blair rang me and he said 'Are you OK?' and I said 'Yes', and he said 'Well, what happened?' and I said 'I was just carrying out your orders. You told us to connect with the electorate, so I did.
