Bill Maher Quotes

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

I honestly have no interest in politics; I don't think I could ever get into politics.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues ….

I used to be of the opinion that it didn't matter who you voted for. The world balanced itself out and kept on truckin'. Which is true, but politics are still important.

People in the tech community may not like politics because it seems less interesting or less pure than what they're doing. But you see the result of not caring about politics. This is no longer an abstract problem.

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

I haven't been very active in politics.

I had a lot of friends in high school who said, 'Louie, I don't care what the government does as long as they leave me alone.' Well, guess what, when you don't care what the government does, it does not leave you alone.

There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

No man should ever lose sleep over public affairs.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

I can't afford to be indifferent to politics, but I don't have personal ambitions.

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.