Grassroots Quotes

72 Grassroots quotes by 68 unique authors

Far too long, historians have accepted the claim that the conversion of the Emperor Constantine (ca. 285-337) caused the triumph of Christianity. To the contrary,… — Rodney Stark
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their… — Patricia Ireland
The [nonprofit] sector enhances our creativity, enlivens our communities, nurtures individual responsibility, stirs life at the grassroots, and reminds us that we were born free. — John W. Gardner
Better still - your history has shown how powerful a moral catharsis expressed through popular resistance to injustice can sometimes be; I have in mind… — Breyten Breytenbach
I can't say I'm surprised: the grassroots antiwar movement keeps turning out to be MoveOn/A.N.S.W.E.R. astroturf. — Glenn Reynolds
I've always been fascinated by the grassroots folktale level of a culture, and as a storyteller, I have to follow what seems to be leading… — Robin McKinley
Grassroots organizing tends to be most available to big campaigns, but it's actually most useful to small ones. You can't win a presidential campaign without… — Joe Greene
Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you… — John Boozman
Political development should start at the grassroots. — Abdallah II
I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering… — Al Gore
If we're going to be successful in taking on the billionaire class, we need a strong national grassroots movement. — Hillary Clinton
This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good… — William J. Clinton
Not much is done to promote non-cricket sports in India. There is a lot of talk about how sports needs to reach the grassroots and… — Gagan Narang
There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our… — Jim Hightower
I'm more of a hands-on person. I like working with young people from the standpoint of providing support for the grassroots programs. State, national and… — Jackie Joyner-Kersee
About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But… — Adam Kinzinger
The Republicans need to work on registration and getting out their vote and their early voters and absentees. Grassroots stuff. — Rush Limbaugh
During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of… — Michelle Malkin
URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages. — Ziggy Marley
Campaign boot camp started as an opportunity to work in a grassroots way with people who were running for Congress. Colleagues on the Democratic National… — Christine Pelosi
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And… — Tom Peters
The anti-nuke movement has important and far-reaching implications for grassroots organizing. It can unite kids and musicians, everybody, whether they're leftist or rightist, or radical,… — Bonnie Raitt
My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come at it a… — Michael Steele
I mean, people who say that the Tea Party isn't a grassroots movement, I think, are incorrect. I think in some respects, it is a… — Matt Taibbi
We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored… — Jimmy Wales

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