Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor RooseveltRead
The morality of a [political] party must grow out of the conscience and the participation of the voters.
Interpretation
The ethical standards of a political party depend on the moral values and active engagement of its voters.
Eleanor Roosevelt emphasizes that the integrity and moral compass of a political party are not intrinsic but rather developed through the active involvement and conscience of the electorate. Voters play a crucial role in shaping the values and ethical practices of their political representatives, highlighting the importance of civic responsibility and participation in democracy.
In practice
In a speech about civic engagement, one could use this quote to highlight the importance of voter responsibility.
Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.
Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.
It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which those who love generously know.
I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
First of all, the world criticizes American foreign policy because Americans criticize American foreign policy. We shouldn't be surprised about that. Criticizing government is a God-given right - at least in democracies.
It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority of the people themselves. The act, therefore establishing the Constitution, will not be a NATIONAL, but a FEDERAL act.
I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.
One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering - I do not say that other countries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse - is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison.
The accords were fig leaves of democratic procedure to hide the nakedness of Stalinist dictatorship.
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