Claire Fox Quotes

Brexit has energised millions of people, young and old, to take part in our democracy and that's a great thing.

I've become a lot more politicised because of Brexit.

Because the referendum in 2016 wasn't just about our relationship with the E.U., it was about millions of people and their relationship with politics as a whole.

You see, Leavers desperately need a psychological win. We need to feel our vote for change can actually change things.

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

Brexit was, at its heart, about democracy and sovereignty.

You'll never change anything in this country through voting. Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

Every award for me is important because it means a slap against militarism and fascism in Indonesia.

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.

There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy.

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.

I've never been involved in any kind of political movement.

Activism, to me, I don't know if it really works. It may work for somebody else, but it does not work for me.

You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.

Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here.

The monied interests are doing what they do best - making money. The rest of us need to do what we can do best - use our voices, our vigor, and our votes.

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

Activists set the agenda for the practitioners.

We will have no political future if we are not arrested.

Republicans lobby; Democrats march.

No sane person with a life really wants to be a political activist. When activism is exciting, it tends to involve the risk of bodily harm or incarceration, and when it's safe, it is often tedious, dry, and boring. Activism tends to put one into contact with extremely unpleasant people, whether they are media interviewers, riot cops, or at times, your fellow activists. Not only that, it generates enormous feelings of frustration and rage, makes your throat sore from shouting, and hurts your feet.

We are at the point where we can mobilize all of this righteous indignation into a powerful mass movement.

If people don't vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it's not going to change anything if you don't vote.