Dan Crenshaw Quotes

I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something.

Let's think about where things stood in December 2015. By that time, Republicans had already had such epic and long-standing struggles with young people that I'd written a whole book about it. Additionally, Republicans had already had a bruising start to their primary season.

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've reached out to independents and minorities that have traditionally voted Democrat but that are conservative on a lot of questions. We talk to young people, folks that typically aren't voting on a consistent basis. I'm proud of that.

But just because I hate the Conservatives doesn't mean I'm gonna tell people to vote for the party I want. Inform yourself on what the parties stand for and make your own decision.

For me, politics is personal because it's my family, and just being aware of my thoughts - are my thoughts productive?

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision.

Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society.

I love the Upper West Side. I walk down the street all the time and am stopped by Democrats. I don't think they've ever actually met a Republican before.

I haven't been paying attention to politics long enough to have really smart opinions.

We have to be focused on growing the party and getting young people to see us as a viable option.

I don't even know if people even care what a 27-year-old Jewish kid thinks about politics.

Young people need to vote. They need to get out there. Every vote counts. Educate yourself too. Don't just vote. Know what you're voting for, and stand by that.

I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.

While I hold my own political views, it's important not to get too wrapped up in individual candidates and personalities, but instead to focus on the real issues.

This was the way I was brought up to think of politics, that politics was to do with ethics, it was to do with responsibility, it was to do with service, so I think I was conditioned to think like that, and I'm too old to change now.

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.

If I say I am not a politician, it is because I did not go to school to do political science. But at the end of the day, I think we are all born politicians. It's practical. All you gotta do is practice.

If politicians are good copy, I like them. If not, I don’t care about them.

I was brought up in a home where the Secretary of State was not the subject of partisan debate.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.

A politician thinks of the next election; the statesman thinks of the next generation

I'm not a policy wonk - I'm somewhere between being undecided and a surrogate.