Todd Gitlin Quotes

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

I think that politics needs a bit of spicing up.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others.

Can I actually make a difference? Can I get people to believe in politics once again? Can I get people to accept more complex answers to complex questions? I know I can. I know that's what I do very well.

They can not go from door to door and not directly contact other people's lives. Their sympathy and understanding is bringing I believe, a new note into political life and is going to have a more far-reaching effect upon the policies of governments, than any of us realize.

When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

I cannot be clearer about this. I am not in politics, let alone Labour's shadow cabinet, to keep things as they are.

In the Independent Group, we have the seeds of a new political movement that can reinvent our broken politics and provide a home to people who are politically homeless.

I had this perception based on my own frustrations with Washington, but I didn't realize until I launched this campaign how much people are looking for a new generation of leadership and a new approach in Washington.

As a newcomer to politics, I knew in my bones that we as a country were better than what we see coming out of Washington. And we are.

As the Independent Group, we are determined to try to forge a different style of doing politics.

It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

Although I never wanted Theresa May to be our Prime Minister, I had been prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

I've taken my time. I've thought about it; I've consulted, and I've decided that we are going to create a new political movement, one that will be neither on the Right or the Left.

I'm not giving up politics entirely - I'm just giving up leadership of a political party.

My best friends are women in the Senate, but much like Senator Obama, I ran on a platform of change.

People don't care anymore because they don't believe in us; they don't trust us. And that's why we should change politics, not just accept the cynical frame that, 'Well, that's just politics.'

America is smarter than the politicians. America is demanding a change and not more of the same cronyism, not more of the same deception, corruption, and business. Washington, D.C., needs to be shaken up.

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

I'm not affiliated with Ed Burke, Joe Berrios or anyone else who represents the old, corrupt Chicago way. I am offering voters a complete break from that past and pushing us forward in a way that brings people together and makes government more inclusive.

For future politics, I don't know what it holds, but if there's a possibility that the people want me to do another political office, again, maybe I'll do it.