Quotes About Empowerment

May it be to the world... to assume the blessings and security of self-government.

We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

The less government we have the better.

If you can't even manage to to force your own presumably democratic governments to allow you to do good things for yourselves, then you probably deserve to become extinct.

It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to preserve our self-government if we will but think so.

If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism.

The protection the government owes you and fails to provide, you are morally bound to provide for yourselves.

The people of America at some point are gonna have to realize that relying on government to fix everything is foolhardy.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.

I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not tell citizens how to live their lives.

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people.

Our nonviolence vis-?-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.

I left the government because I saw the only way to get family planning moving, was to do it outside the government. I was never disillusioned with government.

'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

People, your Government has returned to you!

No government can make me wear a veil, no government can force me not to wear it either

Development seems to have become the agenda only of government. It is seen as a scheme. That should not be the case. Development should be everyone's agenda. It should be a people's movement.

If we want to move forward, not just the Government but 125 crore Indians will have to do something.

A government is one that thinks and hears the voice of the poor. A government must live for the poor.