We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better.
Joan Blades

What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it.
Joan Blades

We are mortgaging our future.
Joan Blades

Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.
Joan Blades

What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?
Joan Blades

It is time for us to focus on the issues that bring us together as a nation. Supporting parents' capacity to raise their children with the love and resources they need is simply the right thing to do.
Joan Blades

Moveon is not a one-way broadcast media. The Internet, when used best, is a two-way media. We have a forum in which people can post comments and those comments can be rated. We get a sense of what people feel most passionately about.
Joan Blades

We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition.
Joan Blades