Colby Covington Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt had drawn public attention to his attractive family in order to create a bond with ordinary Americans. Eleanor Roosevelt had successfully broached the idea that a First Lady could be nearly as much a public figure as her husband.

A man’s got to walk if he is going to be in politics.

Human affairs require some combination of moral commitment with disciplined political action. And that is what keeps me intrigued and challenged and wanting to influence events.

I majored in history and political science at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, and I have always loved researching how a single human being can change the course of history.

I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.

I did meet Sen. Robert Kennedy, and it taught me something about political charisma.

I have a bigger voice than Donald Trump, you know what I'm saying? Than literally anybody that works in politics.

President Obama is an inspiration of mine, and interning with his administration in the White House opened my eyes to the possibilities of making change at the local level.

Sarah Palin may best serve her country by entering the media fray.

Having a path to elected office was never the goal for me.

I was quite young when my dad went into politics but, as it went on, I became self-conscious about it.

Politics is real. It has an impact on people's lives. It's harder to quantify the impact art has. Personally, I oscillate between two extremes. Some days I think it's very important. Other days I think it isn't important at all.

It's my responsibility as an artist and public figure to put the right frequency out there.

Politics is too big a game to feel the absence of a Kamal Haasan.

I am not a terrorist, I am a former chief minister.

Representation makes a difference.

Presidential campaign and White House are two aggressively separate things. They still think I'm the weird kid in the corner, so I don't have much power. But I'll definitely do something to help.

I never intended to become an opposition political leader. Perhaps the government wants to raise me up into one.

Who is Allen West? What is Allen West doing with his time? He's the most irrelevant person in America.

I'm the one who's put myself into politics, so I'm the one that really should be wearing that front-facing role.

Yes, Barack Obama could easily be cast as an American president in a movie or TV show.

You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on walls, and you realise he has this almost religious significance to the underclass of the world. He's a guy born in a hut with no bed, and now he's probably the most listened-to artist in the world. It's fascinating.

People pay attention to artists and celebrities, so they have the opportunity to do something great with this limelight. I, for one, have no problem with Kanye running for president, because if it's something that he truly believes in and it can lead to greater good, why not? I'm all for that.

Many have observed that Elizabeth Edwards could be a political figure in her own right. She has never had an interest in that.

If our culture is so often readily and easily appropriated, imagine what happens when we embrace our full blackness and know that our contributions are just as important to the shaping of the country and, more broadly, the world.