Robert Cray Quotes

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

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

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.

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

Politics is not a spectator sport. You can't just sit on the sidelines.

Citizens are refined, cultivated, and very political. I believe in the legitimacy of their participation.

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.

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

Our constitutional democracy demands our participation, not just every four years, but all the time.

I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.

Citizenship has been out of fashion for some decades in our country, but now it is back in fashion. Weekends are for fighting tyranny. And that's why it's going to be really fun to see Democracy Now!

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 am such a political person.

Registering people to vote is not partisan activity.

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

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

I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.

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.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

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.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

For America to work, Americans have to participate. If they don’t pay attention, they’re going to get screwed.

Getting involved in politics was a quest for freedom.