Ryan Phillippe Quotes

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

I was very engaged in my communities throughout college, but I never thought of it as political.

At the time it seemed like a natural development of my interest in what was going on around me in society.

It's great to be in a film that's able to have people really want to become socially conscious, to walk out of the theatre and want to do something.

I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness.

Every time I attend a We Day event, I learn something new, and I always feel way more perspective not just for the world I live in, but also the world that's happening around me.

I'm not inherently the most politically or, like, socially conscious rapper, you know? You're not just going to wake up tomorrow and be Common.

I need to get a tiny bit more 'woke.'

Growing up, when we would get dragged to these events, I didn't want to be there. Over time, as we got older, I developed a real appreciation of the importance of being involved in the democratic process.

I'm fighting hard to make the world a better place, and you can, too. Get involved with your community, be a leader, set an example, be passionate, be your best.

Believe in something larger than yourself... get involved in the big ideas of your time.

I learnt that if I want to make any difference, or changes to my world, then I've got to be involved. We need passion - that's how things change.

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.

Empowerment is not about doing the same thing the same way in the same environment. It's about building the man and the woman and doing so with a view to creating better citizens and, by extension, better patriots in this society of ours.

Our age gives the more receptive among the young such a sense of social responsibility that one is inclined at times to fear that social interests may encroach upon individual development, that a knowledge of all the ills affecting the community may act as too powerful a damper on the joys of youth.

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

I encourage everyone out there to get involved.

I tell young people to prepare themselves as best they can for a world that grows more challenging every day-get the best education they can, and couple that education with real-life experience in social justice work.

I just feel like, with rappers, there's so much complacency. It's like, 'Oh, I'm a rapper. I'm successful. I make money. That's all that matters.' But there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you're aware of it, it's happening.

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

We are not apathetic in this country.

Political service is important because it's about helping others help themselves. That was engrained in me from a young child.

If you sit back and simply allow your country to be, it is highly unlikely to be the kind of country you want. You have to be active.

When I was very young, I took no interest in party politics. My line of interest was how can you be part of an influence to the society that you live in.

It's important to do anything you can to support the causes that you care about. I think something as small as posting articles on social media or having important conversations with your friends are ways of getting your voice out there!