Democracy is not a spectator sport, it's a participatory event. If we don't participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, full-contact, participatory endeavor.

Philosophy is not a spectator sport.

Going to the bathroom is not a spectator sport.

Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.

Those rocks are unstable, people shouldn't be out there. Mavericks is a great event, but it's not a spectator event.