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The Bush administration doesn't particularly like public participation. It makes them look bad. -- Ted Hughes
Harnessing new communications technology offers one promising way to make public participation easier and more effective. -- Peter Roskam
The most significant thing is public participation. That assures the Afghan public that our promises are not empty. -- Ashraf Ghani
Religious people are now finding that the First Amendment is being used to herd them into a social ghetto, separated and walled off from public participation. -- Pat Swindall
Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting. -- Beth Simone Noveck
EU expansion is, unfortunately, continuing without a constitution, as a gradual process of standardization - and that's far more dangerous. It is very difficult to slow down this process, which is being pushed forward without significant public participation. -- Vaclav Klaus
My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government. -- Barack Obama
Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire. -- Daniel Patrick Moynihan
I have decided to end my participation in public affairs and to resign my role as premier of Quebec. -- Lucien Bouchard
I have publicly talked about Mexico's need to open ourselves up to the participation of the private sector in the energy sector, however this doesn't mean privatizing state-run companies. -- Enrique Pena Nieto
I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience. -- Mikhail Baryshnikov
Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would not only increase participation of women in public life but also have a salutary effect for the amelioration of women's status in India. -- Preneet Kaur
The government has convinced parents that at some point it's no longer their responsibility. And in fact, they force them, in many respects, to turn their children over to the public education system and wrest control from them and block them out of participation of that. That has to change or education will not improve in this country. -- Rick Santorum
The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind. -- Clay Shirky
Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful. -- John Stuart Mill
It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue. -- Amani
I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation. -- Kyrsten Sinema

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