Jennifer Pahlka famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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
We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Government #Political #Election
When one neighbor helps another, we strengthen our communities.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Community #Helping #Neighbor
If you dont tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Risk #Tolerate
We have to make bureaucracy sexy.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Sexy #Bureaucracy
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.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Government #People #Given
We cant do without government, but we do need it to be more effective.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Government #Needs
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.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Technology #Government #Together
[The Internet generation is] not fighting that battle about who gets to speak; they all get to speak.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Fighting #Battle #Generations
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.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Thinking #Government #Confusing
Our ability to do great things with data will make a real difference in every aspect of our lives,
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Real #Data #Differences
A neighbor is a far better and cheaper alternative to government services.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Government #Alternatives #Neighbor
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.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Pay #Bureaucracy #Contempt
Government is like a vast ocean and politics is the six-inch layer on top.
-- Jennifer Pahlka

#Ocean #Government #Layers

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