David Hogg Quotes

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 never stood for any president in my life, never voted, before Barack Obama. It changed my life to vote. It starts there with me. I never cared for politics before Barack Obama. I never thought it mattered to people like me.

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

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

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.

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

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 love my dad. It's fair to say that I probably would not have thought of politics had I not seen my mom and dad involved in politics.

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

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

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.

I didn't vote, exactly. This is the first time I've been politically inclined and active, and I think Donald Trump is a tremendous president. And I wanted to be educated. I wanted to do a deep dive before I started going out there and saying stuff as opposed to other people who mindlessly vote.

I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.

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

I think about politics, so it would be inauthentic not to talk about it.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

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 really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

I am such a political person.

I would like to never ever think about any political issues.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

No matter where you stand politically - even if you're unsure of what your political ideology is - it is important to take part in the process of shaping our government.

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

I have liberal friends. They are misguided, they are wrong. I disagree with them. I don't want them to vote. I want them to go on vacation in November.