Susan George Quotes

I have long been impressed with the focus on politics and that focus being... from young people.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

Very few [Americans] ... take an active part in politics, however interested they may be in public affairs.

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

I am such a political person.

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

I haven't been very active in politics.

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.

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

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.

I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

I never have been involved in politics.

I don't follow politics much.

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'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.

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

My kids have been around politics since they were little.

I started in politics as a fresh graduate wanting to make a difference, by bringing more political awareness and interest to young people.

I always say that the largest party in every country - the largest opposition group in every country - is the youth party.

I've never bought the argument that people are apathetic about politics.

We want to make politics sort of entertaining. If it is entertaining, people are going to be interested in it, and if they are interested in it, they might think more about it and maybe involve themselves in some way down the line.

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency.

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