Betty Boothroyd Quotes

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

I was surprised by the response of young people because there is a perception that those younger than the 1988 generation are not interested in politics.

I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office.

One of the defining dynamics of 2008 has been the emerging wave of new, young voters getting involved and storming the gates of the traditional political establishment.

It's a long time until the next election, but it starts now. And if you truly want to see things change in the direction that our country is headed, you have to stay involved. You cannot quit now.

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.

To let the people know there was life beyond Shirley Dean, we decided to focus on voter registration; each day I set up my card table somewhere in the district, signed people up, and passed out noses.

I haven't been very active in politics.

In fact, I really didn't get enthused about his Secretary of State race until I attended a couple of his rallies and found out there were a bunch of young folks that there were a bunch of young folks that he had been able to recruit on his own.

My focus as part of the leadership is to keep talking about the independent voters, independent voters - how do we get the independent voters back?

If you have to drag somebody to register, they're not highly motivated.

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who know how to raise money.

Pretty much all I say politically is I encourage people to register to vote.

When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.

I got into politics when I was eight years old.

I don't know when I'm going to have time to be politically active.

Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.

Very few [Americans] ... take an active part in politics, however interested they may be in public affairs.

We're not going to get the Negro vote as a bloc in 1964 or 1968, so we ought to go hunting where the ducks are.

Rock the Vote

I worry that, given the way the 2016 election went, how cynical and how terrible politics seems, that young people will be less likely to get involved.

I'm a young person; sometimes I'm political, sometimes I'm not.

My voters, my core audience, are young people in Russia, so I actually do what I need to have their support.

Most Hoosiers aren't really political people.

For me, getting young people engaged in politics and public service is really one of the most fun things that I get to do.