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The participation in European elections was always not very exciting. People are very interested in European issues, but they don’t see the person who is representing Europe.

Joschka Fischer

German politician

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Daniel P. Moynihan

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, – three departments of government.

Albert Bushnell Hart

American historian (1854-1943)

It is our hope that the AP program can serve as an anchor for increasing rigor in our schools. Rigor can be maintained while increasing student participation.

Gaston Caperton

There’s no way that if you get participation out of a person can they say you didn’t rock it.

Jam Master Jay

American hip hop musician (1965-2002)

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Katherine Dunn

American novelist, journalist, poet

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.

Lamar Hunt

Participation in the blessings of the union with Christ comes when the faithful have all the things needed to live well and blessedly to God.

William Ames

English Protestant divine, philosopher, and controversialist

Furthermore, there is absolutely no contradiction between the separate organizations of revolutionary vanguard militants and their participation in the mass organizations of the working class.

Ernest Mandel

Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning.

John Dewey

American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859-1952)

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