Harold MacMillan 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.

I've always been really uninterested in politicians and the acts of the Houses of Parliament, or government as an idea. But I'm interested in politics in that I'm a member of the world, and I have strong feelings of right and wrong, but I can't get into the ins and outs of it.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

It is no longer appropriate for me as an American to sit by and expect my government to get it done.

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

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

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

Government is not for the short-winded.

Political involvement is more than a game.

We cannot long protect liberty if our leaders continue to act like mere bystanders in the work of government.

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.

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.

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

For me politics is an opportunity to serve the country.

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

I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.

I knew I always wanted to get involved in politics.

Even if you didn't want to have anything to do with the politics, you have to.

I think it doesn't actually matter what your political persuasion is, but if you are interested in the country that you live in and the way in which it's run, everyone has to do something about that.

I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.

I'm passionate about politics.

Politics and life go hand in hand.

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.