Participation Quotes

“The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”

“We must use our democratic processes to the full and obtain the widest possible participation of our people in the decisions of our government.”

“Life is a tightrope walk over Niagara Falls. I'm one of the people who are walking along the tightrope... I'm not on the sidelines watching.”

“If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.”

“The strength of our democracy depends on the active participation of its citizens.”

“Our democracy is stronger when more people participate, not fewer.”

“If you can't be a great actor, be a great audience.”

“I learned that if you want to make a difference, you have to be involved.”

“Citizenship is not a spectator sport.”

“Too many people have stood on the sidelines, muffled in their coats, when they should have been stripped to the waist and fighting.”

“I've tried to make it my business to be where I should be. I've been a joiner and I've been a leader.”

“I entered the classroom with the conviction that it was crucial for me and every other student to be an active participant, not a passive consumer...education as the practice of freedom.”

“A choir is made up of many voices, including yours and mine. If one by one all go silent then all that will be left are the soloists.”

“If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.”

“Get with the action. Don't watch it from the sidelines.”

“Our democracy is not a spectator sport.”

“You cannot have a successful society if a large segment of that society is not participating.”

“If you're not in the parade, you watch the parade. That's life.”

“Democracy is not a spectator sport.”

“Don't be a spectator. Don't be passive.”