Jennifer Pahlka Quotes

• We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.

  Jennifer Pahlka

  Motivation, Inspiration, Government

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• Are we just going to be a crowd of voices, or are we going to be a crowd of hands?

  Jennifer Pahlka

  Hands, Voice, Crowds

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• Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.

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  Ocean, Government, Layers

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• A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

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  Long, Challenges, Negative

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• Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.

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  Technology, Government, Together

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• Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives,

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  Real, Data, Differences

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• We say that word [bureaucracy] with such contempt. But it's that contempt that keeps this thing that we own and we pay for as something that's working against us.

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  Pay, Bureaucracy, Contempt

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• When there are more males in the industry to begin with, it just has a more male feel, and that pushes the girls away.

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  Girl, Males, Feels

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• Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if youre one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing.

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  Government, People, Given

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• We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.

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  Government, Needs, Cant

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• When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.

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  Community, Helping, Neighbor

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• If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.

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  Risk, Tolerate, Ifs

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• We have to make bureaucracy sexy.

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  Sexy, Bureaucracy

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• [The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.

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  Fighting, Battle, Generations

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• You might not think of something like TurboTax as a civic venture, but that product took a confusing interface to a government process and made it simpler and easier to use for citizens.

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  Thinking, Government, Confusing

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• A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.

  Jennifer Pahlka

  Government, Alternatives, Neighbor

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