Quotes About Active Citizenship

#1. Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.

Don Tapscott

#2. There is nothing beyond the reach of ordinary citizens doing the daily work of democracy, and no problem too great to tackle with the power of active citizenship.

Joan Claybrook

#3. Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

Dennis Kucinich

#4. Crucially, I'd like to thank Labour party members up and down the country for sticking with us. For their active citizenship, their willingness to engage in our democracy, and for being there at the cutting edge of making our democracy work.

David Blunkett

#5. Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.

Kofi Annan

#6. I have so many things that I want to do, and I don't have enough time in my life to do them all. The problem with acting business is that it's so expensive and you've got to get so many people to say yes.

Frank Spotnitz

#7. Anakana Schofield is part of a new wave of wonderful Irish fiction-international in scope and electrically alive.

Colum McCann

#8. For this moment, nothing matters. Look up into the stars and you're gone.

Chuck Palahniuk

#9. I pay a lot of tax, and I feel, one of the reasons I stay and pay why I'm not based in Monaco ... I think my country helped me.

J.K. Rowling

#10. Remember to always be yourself.

Joss Whedon

#11. The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.

Tony Hsieh

#12. I think as human beings we contradict our feelings constantly, we make mistakes, but I think ultimately it comes down to actions to define how we feel about each other.

Charlyne Yi