Pericles Quotes

Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

People in the tech community may not like politics because it seems less interesting or less pure than what they're doing. But you see the result of not caring about politics. This is no longer an abstract problem.

I honestly have no interest in politics; I don't think I could ever get into politics.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues ….

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

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 don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

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

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

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

On the show, we are not trying to get people to eat their vegetables; we are not trying to get people to become Democrats. We are basically trying to encourage people to get involved with public life so that politics isn't left to the wealthy and privileged.

I haven't been very active in politics.

There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect political ignorance must be accompanied by indifference to the general interests of society, and thus one of the most powerful motives which can act on the human mind is totally destroyed.

I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

Those who are politically apathetic can only survive if they are supported by people who are capable of taking action.

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be.

Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.

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

I'm not going to talk like I know about politics, because I'm a total amateur, but maybe I can be a spokesperson for people who aren't normally interested in politics.

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.

The first duty of an American citizen, then is that he shall work in politics.

For America to work, Americans have to participate. If they don’t pay attention, they’re going to get screwed.

Political involvement is more than a game.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.