Leon Russell Quotes

I haven't been very active in politics.

My father never ran for office or supported anybody for office, and was not engaged in that at all.

I've always been involved in politics, since I was 8 or 9 years old. I sold Kool-Aid for McGovern - I could always pick a winner.

I am such a political person.

Working people vote!

I never ever paid attention to any election.

I don't often get involved with campaigns at all.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

I long for the day when there are things I feel strongly about politically.

I'm a very bad citizen. I've never even voted.

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

I don't vote. I don't do no voting.

I don't vote and I got nothing to do with it.

Politics goes in one ear and out the other. I don't even know the president's name for sure. That's how stupid I am.

Getting people to vote is the only way to break this tragic coalition in Congress.

I'm fascinated by political enthusiasm.

I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.

Not voting is not a protest. It is a surrender.

Even though I grew up and I didn't always like getting dragged to the meetings or the rallies or the speeches, I developed a very strong respect for participating in a democratic process.

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

I've spoken about politics a lot over the years and my main issue that I championed was just general engagement in politics.

Politics is not my cup of tea.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

I paid absolutely no attention to politics as a teenager.

My personal take on politics is I deal with social situations and cultural situations in my music and in my life. I have said on record many times that I haven't voted. I'm not the type of person who says, 'I'm never going to vote.' I think it's clear to me that our system has failed us.