Richard Stallman Quotes

I am not political. It is not my job. But I would be happy if politicians could read my work and draw some conclusions from it.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.

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

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

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

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

I didn't grow up in politics.

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 think everybody who has a brain should get involved in politics. Working within. Not criticizing it from the outside. Become an active participant, no matter how feeble you think the effort is.

People always said you shouldn't get in politics and talk about politics. But I believe the politics are all around us.

I decided that instead of making jokes about politics, I need to take part in it, and therefore, I can't make jokes and participate.

Those of us who work in politics can only make ourselves useful if our heads are filled with things that we can contribute to the political space.

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 am such a political person.

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

Well, I wouldn't say that this experience had any influence on my decision to do this film about Andy, because Andy was apolitical. Andy was never political.

I haven't been very active in politics.

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

I'm not a political guy.

People in New York pay attention to national issues - a huge percentage of people.

I am not political as a person.

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

From the moment I came out of the womb, I have been a political animal.