Choices Quote by F. David Mathews

From these activists we can learn a crucial lesson: without citizens creating the institutions necessary for facilitating the growth of public deliberation, democracy will…

— Kevin Mattson

Without the ability to talk about government power, there's no way for citizens to make sure this power isn't being misused.

— Aaron Swartz

It is a difficult task, O citizens, to make speeches to the belly, which has no ears.

— Plutarch

We need to find a way to empower citizens to make governments take notice.

— Ian Goldin

It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees.

— Wangari Maathai

It is you, our citizens, who make the state of our union strong.

— Barack Obama

“Crosswords do not informed citizens make.”

— J.A. Jance

It is the duty of governments to create a pro-voter environment that encourages participation, but it is also the responsibility of citizens to make…

— Nina Turner

Deliberation is not a particular type of speech, but a political act of collective decision-making in consideration of consequences.

— F. David Mathews

“A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a…

— Scott Adams

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

— Daniel Goleman

Sometimes nothing is so solid to me as writing - I suppose that's what a vocation means - at times a torment, a bad…

— Robert Lowell