Grassroots Quotations

On a grassroots level we say that man can touch more than he can grasp.

The pact creating a North American free-trade zone was President Bill Clinton's signature accomplishment; but NAFTA is also the bugaboo of union leaders, grassroots activists and Midwesterners who blame free trade for the factory closings they see in their hometowns.

You're really earning the support of New Hampshire voters, and you've got to do that one-on-one grassroots campaigning here, even if you have the most money.

Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future.

In the mid-1980s, there was a grassroots desire for American culture. Maybe it was not a definite harbinger to what was to come in terms of the fall of the Soviet Union, but it certainly gave a heads up to the global merging of the retail culture.

I mean, people need to remember without the grassroots, Ronald Reagan probably doesn't become president of the United States of America and he worked the grassroots on a regular basis during his political career and especially between the years of 1976 and 1980 after the loss in Kansas City.

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

I love being a part of something that is grassroots, and you can see the actual changes, the effect of what people do.

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.

I know within my organization, within the grassroots of my organization of the Tea Party movement generally, there's going to be a big drive for impeaching Obama. I don't know if that's the right move... We need to play our cards very carefully and beware of the mouse trap that Obama might be trying to set for us.

I've been most happy to be an advocate for the kinds of grassroots things that people are doing who care about poetry.

The Tea Party is almost solely grassroots-based; business interests have almost no grassroots organization. The Republican Party has for too long been run on behalf of business interests who favor candidates the grassroots hate; the minute that those candidates begin to flag, only loyal Tea Partiers stand behind them.

Grassroots techies - the mostly unknown people who write code and start companies that don't make the headlines - hate, loathe, and despise Microsoft. At technology conferences, it is the devil, or the guaranteed laugh line. Its products are mocked, its business practices booed.

I'm not a grassroots organizer; that is clear. I believe in a division of labor. I'm not trained to organize the grassroots, and grassroots has to come from the grassroots.

Washington is a bubble, and there is nothing more powerful than the conservative grassroots when we are engaged and letting our voice be heard.

One of the problems we're facing is, in my view, that there are no globalized, youth-led, grassroots social movements advocating for democratic culture across Muslim-majority societies.

Politicians do not have grassroots activities in Italy. They need the media and a lot will be won or lost on their ability to use the media. And if Berlusconi has one virtue, he is a better communicator than his opponents.

Let's face it. There is no setup in Pakistan to train and groom young players at the grassroots level in different sports. Those of us who did make a name for ourselves and became champions did it with our own initiative - there was no academy to back us till we reached a certain level on our own.

Let me be clear -- the Congress will be writing the next farm bill in 2007 and I am deeply concerned the (Bush) administration is using the current negotiations to reshape farm policy without the full input of Congress and grassroots support,

Let me be clear, the Congress will be writing the next farm bill in 2007, and I am deeply concerned the administration is using the current negotiations to reshape farm policy without the full input of Congress and grassroots support,

Sixty percent of the funds are from grassroots fundraising like the Bike-a-thon. We have 14,000 people in our database who have donated something, and we call and ask them to give again. They usually do.

Let's look at fairness. We want to follow Iowa and New Hampshire's grassroots and its citizen participation.

So he's got an environment in which you don't really have a bonfire burning, a grassroots demand for tax cuts, ... He's going to have to go out and make that case because otherwise Democrats are going to be able to go out and say, 'Look, this will endanger programs that you care about.'

We want to make this a grassroots effort.

But this does not mean Safa will no longer exist because the mother body is there for the development of the game from the grassroots level.

I'm always convinced that most all of the good ideas that you ever receive come from grassroots people that live it, breathe it and know it.

I find the entertainment value of the playoffs is out the door. It's all about competition. This, to me, brings it back to grassroots where it's one team playing another team and it doesn't matter who's covering the game or who's watching.

He formed Democracy for America, which took what was the foundation -- the Internet foundation -- and the enthusiasm, reaching out to the grassroots for his campaign and made it a national campaign,

Lancaster wanted grassroots people to run his campaign in the various counties, and a friend from Goldsboro asked Lyn Shaw to run his (Lancaster's) campaign here in Bladen,

Releasing the film in theaters will only build upon the largest grassroots mobilization in the history of film distribution. 'Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price' is the story of one company using its power to destroy the fabric of American life, and it is important to us that as many people as possible see it.

Jeanine understands that grassroots is going to be extremely important in this campaign and wanted someone with experience and skills in organizing and running that type of campaign. Television advertising is not going to win this campaign.

My name recognition is high, we've got a great grassroots organization in place, and I think the people of Maryland are ready for someone who's going to give safe streets and good schools, and a growing economy.

I think there's a grassroots effort. None of us has any money to spend. After listening to all the information, we decided seniors should vote 'no' and the reasons are many.

Out-of-control spending by government requires a different kind of taxpayer group. AFP is that difference because we organize, educate and mobilize real grassroots citizens and help them make sure their elected officials are held accountable and understand free-market policies, ... We're hitting the ground running, with two grassroots training schools set for citizens in Charlottesville and Roanoke in the next week, and we'll have at least half a dozen grassroots schools completed by November 1. This new grassroots presence will lead to a stronger economy, which means new and better-paying jobs and more prosperity across Virginia.

Our commitment to coaches will be realized via TeamCarew, a grassroots marketing program that will provide them with insight and tools to teach the art and science of hitting.

I think I'd be too hard on a boy -- every day, trying to make him a man, getting him ready for white people, ... Girls don't punch each other in the face. Girls are pretty nice to each other, even, like, on a grassroots level.

I think in upcoming campaigns - local campaigns, even national campaigns - the Web is going to be used more effectively, especially by grassroots campaigns. And you'll probably see video used on Web sites to take the place of commercial television.

We need a grassroots movement and government policies and programs to change the food landscape and the built environment to give our children a chance to have happy, healthy successful lives.

We don't have the big bucks, so we have to focus on grassroots and targeted advertising.

Unlike the Contract with America, which was created by Washington pollsters and insiders, Families First was developed from the grassroots up. Congressional Democrats from across the country spent months meeting with people back home, asking them what issues were important to them, and what Congress could do to make their lives a little easier.

We're a grassroots organization. We're not funded by big donors. If we're sending 2 to 3 million e-mails a week, paying a penny per e-mail will price us out.

We're a grassroots organization, which means the Minnesota Corn Growers is run from the bottom up. Individual farmers give us direction, but in order for that to happen we have to have a strong membership-strong in numbers and strong in feeling connected to the important work we're doing.

We continue to be excited about our growing support in Montgomery County and the grassroots organization that is already working hard on Martin's behalf.

We wanted to honor grassroots movements by individuals. We were seeking ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Most of them are modest folks who believe in saving the environment for the future. They really do want to make the world a better place.

We really need grassroots support to make this happen. The YMCA belongs to the community and is run by the community with a board of volunteers from the community.

The real challenges are still at the grassroots level, and the capacity there remains very limited.

This program is just one example of the countless grassroots sports programs McDonald's supports worldwide. From local sporting events and activities to our worldwide sponsorship of the Olympic Games and World Cup Soccer, it's all about encouraging children and families to be active and have fun.

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing.

We are seeing grassroots support at every stop on the Believe in Arkansas Tour this week, and General Beebe is grateful for the financial and personal support he has received from Arkansans all over the state.

We are running a very strong and effective grassroots campaign. People can look for more of that in the next three weeks as we will be reaching out and touching as many people as we can.

We worked with him early on and got embedded in the Atlanta musical community. We've worked with a lot of people that have promised us a lot, and they've been well connected people, but at this point, it's grassroots everything.

What it has done is reaffirm to us we are running the campaign the right way. Grassroots campaigns win elections. That is what we have done and what we will continue to do.

We should never forget that the stars at the top were once grassroots players themselves.

We're still a youngish program. We're having to grassroots our tennis. We're laying the groundwork and being patient.

We want to stimulate, motivate and encourage the associations by inviting them to join the Charter, and then getting as much out of it as they can. UEFA will help them achieve their grassroots objectives.

We're more grassroots than the city guys. We're out there with the people trying to solve problems. We're actually out there doing the foot work. We're not being fed the answers.

Cornel West bridges another gap between the intellectual elite and the masses of people that are struggling every day to sometimes get a job or get the kind of education that he got. He comes from the grassroots and relates back to that.

What we are seeing this Earth Day is nothing less than a grassroots renaissance as more and more Americans speak up for preservation of wilderness. Across America, ordinary people are getting together, rolling up their sleeves to work collaboratively on these proposals. Because this is happening from the ground up, they are finding workable solutions that draw broad, bipartisan public support.

Ben has the grassroots organizing skills, leadership experience and Minnesota political know-how to build on the success of our campaign.

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

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

The grassroots kickoff rally will be an electrifying event where Republican Party supporters from around the state will be energized by our speakers and where we will unfold our grassroots strategy to get out the vote and win in November.

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

The spirit of the NASCAR fan has never been more evident than with the establishment of the Official NASCAR Members Club local chapters. Bringing NASCAR to a fan's hometown is one of the great benefits that the ONMC offers. Through the unfolding of this grassroots process, fans from all corners of America will now have a better opportunity to follow the sport in a more meaningful way.

The shortfall is in billions of dollars, ... It is a catastrophe for Africa if the proposals that come from the grassroots of countries are not funded.

The steady growth in fund-raising support we have received, particularly through our direct mail program and our web site, is indicative of the increasing enthusiasm we are seeing at the grassroots level across the country.

These are the grassroots and the foundation of our party. These aren't party bosses. These are people, individuals, who really care about their community and they've been extremely considerate and sincere in this process.

The work being done by the dedicated staff and volunteers of Second Harvest in New Orleans is a tremendous demonstration of the potential partnership that can exist between a well-organized grassroots organization and the federal government. Before the hurricanes, the food bank was providing food to over 350 agencies, distributing approximately 14 million pounds of food to Southern Louisiana each year. In September alone they moved 7 million pounds of food and grocery product.

We thank the club for being associated with us over the last 19 years. As we have always based our interests in helping promote sports at the grassroots level.

Political development should start at the grassroots.

You don't have to vote for me to get breakfast. I am so humbled by the encouragement and support of the grassroots voters. I owe everything to the voters. If we win the election, it is not about me, it is about them wanting change.

Punk rock really came out of N.Y. as a philosophy before the groups were ever recorded. I had a kind-of intellectual interest in the idea of creating a new scene that could be a grassroots thing.

Few people realize the vital role private foundations play in promoting societal change. More often than not, major shifts in public attitudes and public policy come not from grassroots clamor but rather from the hard work of a committed few activists with the ideas and the donors who fund them, ... Without the money that is the mother's milk of public advocacy, those inspired to agitate for change would not get very far. The assisted suicide/euthanasia movement typifies this phenomenon.

During my two terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, I saw first-hand how government has grown out of control, ... Just over the past 10 years, the budget in Virginia has increased by 81 percent, coupled with unnecessary tax increases. This is why we need Americans for Prosperity in Virginia. Together we will form the first true grassroots organization dedicated to ensuring that the leaders of our state are held responsible for the lack of fiscal discipline in Richmond. We'll establish at least six local chapters across the state by November 1, and 10 by the time the General Assembly convenes in January.

As a non-profit organization we do a grassroots level outreach and we are working with community centers and churches, etc. We've had a tremendous response from the men and the women.

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.

Technology and the Internet are not just changing politics here in the U.S. It's also happening abroad. In the Philippines, where I grew up, grassroots organizers used text messaging to help overthrow a president.

I've always been a big fan of Car and Track. Bud Lindemann had the vision to bring auto racing to television over 30 years ago. I watched every episode as a kid and still watch them today. We're going to show everyone the grassroots of our sport and bring the past to the present in a fun and entertaining way.

Incline is ahead in the amount of local grassroots involvement.

I join with Governor Rick Snyder and thousands of grassroots supporters and activists from across the state of Michigan in asking you all to please help me in supporting Pete Hoekstra, who I am proud to endorse. He will be our next United States senator.

I'm honored to have the endorsement of FreedomWorks. I look forward to earning the individual support of the grassroots conservatives who make up the heart and soul of this organization that has done so much to promote freedom and pro-growth fiscal policies.

If there is ever a time for grassroots to come together, this is the time. Some may tell you that you can't fight city hall or ATC. Well, if you don't fight, you can't win.

I kind of see their point that this was a grassroots thing that grew into a monster.

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.

If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.

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.

They could identify with Shirley. Brenda tried her best with her grassroots effort but she was a newcomer and the people did not know her as well as they did Shirley.

It will take a grassroots effort. The more small groups we can meet with, the better off we'll be.

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.

The Tunisian blogger and activist Sami Ben Gharbia has written passionately about how U.S. government involvement in grassroots digital spaces can endanger those who are already vulnerable to accusations by nasty regimes of acting as foreign agents.

This is a very grassroots movement. Most of my promoters are people like Allan who just want to help out.

They work the dinners and picnics for the local parties, put money into various state legislative campaigns and build grassroots support that way.

The East Valley has a strong appetite for post-season college football, and plans are being formed to promote the Insight Bowl on a grassroots level. We want to make sure the East Valley is very involved and make sure people there know it belongs to their neighborhood.

The current crop of very talented juniors is a testament to the long-term foundations provided at the grassroots level and the sport will be able to build on this platform by boosting participation, increasing the talent pool helping to prepare future champions to reach our medal targets in 2008 and 2012.

The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite - plutocrats like the Koch Brothers -want and what the average grassroots Tea Party follower wants.

The event is the ACS grassroots program celebrating cancer survivorship and empowering survivors and others to advocate for laws that will help fight the disease.

For Lovelace to beat Sanford on June 13, we have to have a strong grassroots campaign. And political signs are one of the most important tools of a grassroots campaign.

It's a gross misrepresentation to say gays were omitted from the grassroots report. African Americans were not mentioned in the report. It is a brief account of some of the things Dean did in his first year. It was not intended to list all of our outreach efforts.

This movement is a grassroots effort where knowledge is power. Count me as an ally in the struggle, and I thank you for all that you do.