Marion Barry Quotes

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

From the moment I came out of the womb, I have been a political animal.

My grandfather was a politician and lived in Washington, D.C., so as a kid, I used to go to D.C. every other weekend.

Every single person is political. I am a Left-liberal and my politics is issue-based.

My experience at the White House was invaluable.

I... grew up in politics and I used to work for the Democratic Party.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it's how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

The best way you make policy in Washington is by doing it yourself.

Woodrow Wilson, an overt racist, re-segregated Washington DC.

My father [Pandit Nehru] was a statesman. I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.

I'm a worker from America. I've been engaged in political agitation for a long time and I've acquired a certain amount of experience.

We've learned how to use the alternative media-political direct mail and talk radio and cable TV-to build our movement and convert more and more Americans to our cause. "Liberal" is now such an unpopular label with the American people that every liberal I know has run for cover and calls himself a "progressive.

For me politics is an extension of my role as a mother and a grandmother.

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

The mythology is that political change happens only in election years. The truth is you build from election to election.

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

I had been born a Republican. My dad was an active Republican, but he was not active in politics and I really never was either. It's true that I did belong to that party, but it really had very little impact on my public work or my private views.

I've lived in Washington, D.C., for more than 30 years, and the Lasso of Truth would come in so handy. I do think Wonder Woman would be all for the first female president!

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 am a political animal.

I think politics are a very personal thing.

I was one of the most visible and vocal advocates of Secretary Hillary Clinton.

I am pretty heavy into causes. I'm an active Democrat, I boycott grapes, and I work for prison reform.

I've been going to Labour party meeting for over 50 years.