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You know, there's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.

Empowerment is not about doing the same thing the same way in the same environment. It's about building the man and the woman and doing so with a view to creating better citizens and, by extension, better patriots in this society of ours.

Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

My work in government has flowed from the fundamental idea of personal empowerment. It's about giving people the tools they need to pave their own way.

Unfortunately, I don't think I can call myself an activist because I don't really do enough of anything.

Empowering the individual means empowering the nation. And empowerment is best served through rapid economic growth with rapid social change.

I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have done very little work on themselves.

Empowerment isn't a buzzword among leadership gurus. It's a proven technique where leaders give their teams the appropriate training, tools, resources, and guidance to succeed.

Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.