"The second sacrifice which we make for Democracy is to give our government an interested and intelligent participation.  For instance, if a city, town or county meeting is called, we will not find something more interesting or attractive to do that evening.  We will go to the meeting, take part in it and try to understand what the questions and issues are.  Thus we start the machinery of Democracy working from the lowest rung upward."

"We often make the mistake of believing that what happens at the bottom makes no difference.  As a matter of fact, it is what we do at the bottom which decides what eventually happens at the top.  If all the way down the line every able-bodied citizen attended to his or her duties, went to the community meetings, tried to find out about the people who were going to hold office, knew the questions that came before them, there would be a radical change in the quality of people who take active part in political work."