“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.”
Louis Brandeis
“I wish I could shut up. But I can’t and I won’t.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
Benjamin Franklyn
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
Edward Murrow
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
Alice Walker
“When a government loses integrity, times are dangerous. When the populace accepts the loss, times are desperate.”
Pam Brown
“Every country gets the government it deserves.”
Joseph de Maistr
“Free and fair elections can give us a government of the people; but only an active, informed and vigilant citizen can give us a government by the people for the people.”
H. Kwasi Prempeh
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Second National Consultation, Grenada – Blue Growth and the Blue Economy
Noting that small states are vulnerable to climate change impact, their indebtedness increases when there are extreme weather events and also noting that their dependence on aid is expected to continue well into the foreseeable future, Amb. Friday suggested that it was time to “change the narrative” on small states.
