Billy Bragg Quotes

Political action is the highest responsibility of a citizen.

My dad was a city councilman and a county commissioner, so I grew up involved and engaged in the political process.

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

Citizens are refined, cultivated, and very political. I believe in the legitimacy of their participation.

We are not apathetic in this country.

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 have always been an active part of my community.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

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 love being in the BJP, communicating with people and doing something for them. It's very challenging.

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

I like to think of myself as an active American in our politics, but I get lost sometimes watching everything.

We shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.

Being politically active is "more about doing things, not just standing for some platform or being involved in some political party."

The era of big government is over, but the era of big challenge is not. We need an era of big citizenship. There are many important people at this summit, but the most important title is 'citizen.' This is our republic. Let us keep it!

I probably got from my mom a passion for public policy and and civic involvement.

I hope people become inspired to become active in their community. That's the important thing.

As for being a voice in politics, I feel whether you are famous or not, busy or not, it's incumbent upon every citizen to participate in this government in any way we can.

A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged.

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

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

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government.

As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved - it's the citizen who changes things.