Grassroots Quotes

For too many years I was in rebellion to God. Now I`m a rebel with a cause for God and for grassroots America. I no longer fit the mold. I`m not a liberal actor from Hollywood. I`m not politically correct, in my opinions or my practice. And though I`m concerned with what people think, I will not compromise the truth in any form to cater to others, even with religion and politics. Those who would merely brand me on the Right are oversimplifying and running from the real issue.

If you own a restaurant or any small business, it`s vitally important to be involved politically at the grassroots level, ... We literally storm the Hill (Capitol Hill) during our public-affairs conference in September. The legislators know when the restaurant owners are in town.

There are great amateur bodies that have good programs right from the grassroots level to professionals.

URGE is a grassroots charity. We organized to get some incubators to give to the hospital for the kids. We donate money to orphanages.

But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well.

never seen a grassroots organization of this size and scale, a challenger or incumbent. And I believe in a very close election -- and this will be a close election -- it will be one of the factors in a Bush victory.

Psychologically, it would have been devastating for the community if Gordon Hall went to the developers. Hundreds of people contributed to the project. It was a real grassroots effort.

You may be aware that the AeA is predominantly a grassroots, member-driven organization. This past Fall, we held a series of town hall meetings around the country. Out of those meetings we bubbled up what were the major concerns of our member companies. I don`t think you will find that there are any surprises here.

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

For the most part our grassroots members are serious, nice, tolerant people.

We are certainly at an impasse, because on the grassroots level, we have a lot of ecumenical understanding, encounter, cooperation, even liturgy.

I have seen the times when the grassroots has moved the Congress. We listen way more often to our constituents than the lobbyists. And the grassroots are going to have to do it.

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 grassroots to advocate on behalf of women`s and children`s empowerment and ending racism.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

We have yearly grassroots efforts where we get feedback. That is how we know what we`re doing.

Clearly, 2,000 people can`t all be stupid, which is what petition organizers keep saying. This process was flawed from the beginning, driven more by extreme politics than by the grassroots. We know we can`t stop the petition from advancing to the Legislature, but this is wrong, plain and simple.

With large numbers coming, we will support the grassroots organization within our normal programs.