Quotes About Empowerment

I'm really not a politician: I don't have a political background, though I've been an activist fighting for my community for years. So I had to learn a lot about my government.

We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We have to get some rules from the outside.

Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think it's important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody that's had theirs taken away.

You should absolutely get involved, especially those local politics like school board seats. That's really where America happens.

Right to Information is a small concrete step in making our polity more democratic.

The best way to build a house is not from the top, but from the bottom. When you go to the polls, vote from the bottom up.

My district doesn't come to vote to the polls against something because they fear something. They will come to the polls to vote for something because they are inspired by something.

Love for your work, love for another person, love for yourself - love is a huge pond, and it's never empty. You can go and take from it, and it will give you strength.

I want to move people to think and ponder the question of their own healthcare. And it doesn't need to be political thinking.

I finally chopped off my ponytail at the end of middle school, and it was the best decision I made.

There's nothing wrong with taking yourself out of the dating pool. You don't need to be in a relationship because that's what society expects of you or because your grandmother thinks you need to be married by a certain date. Those days are over. Instead, take a step back and say, 'I'm OK alone.'

I think what I'm most proud of about myself away from the pool, is being OK on my own.

The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.

Giving a poor person money keeps them poor.

I was determined to become a criminal lawyer and help look after the poor.

Even if I can take sanitary napkins to 10% of the poor women in India, it will be big achievement.

ITC works to help firms in poor countries become more competitive and overcome the barriers that are keeping their goods and services out of international markets.

What many economists fail to understand is that poor people are no less concerned about improving their lot and that of their children than rich people are.

We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.

We've learned a huge amount from organisations like Seva Mandir and Pratham, for example. In my personal experience, these organisations work on a very large scale with very poor people.

You know, I love all kinds of activism. I certainly think blacks deserve to have something whether it is affirmative action or an opportunity that should be opened up to them. But at the same time I believe that people of color are not the only poor people in America and all over the world.

Anything that is not good for the poor people of India is not the policy of the Congress Party.

If I didn't like poor people, why would I come and tell them how to make their lives better?

The more time I spent in developing countries, and the more time I spent talking to poor people, I realized what they want more than anything is a good job.