Gerry Adams Quotes

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

Just by making a decision to stay out of politics, you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it, if you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.

I think I can regard myself as a political decision-maker.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

You don't choose a party because it's the flavour of the month. I feel I will be able to work under a political system. I feel if people like me don't enter politics to bring change, who will?

I think politics is the biggest lever of change in India.

Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently and for the same reason.

You can get from a politician whatever you demand in this country. The great irony is that everybody complains about how it runs but not enough people direct their force and power directly at the politicians and make demands upon them. Ours is a system that abhors remoteness. If you're remote from this political system, it'll kill you.

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.

Do I have political heroes? Probably not wise to.

Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

If we give up on politics, we're done for. Powerlessness is a self-fulfilling prophesy.

The shortcomings of America's political leaders do not stop at our borders.

Look, there ought to be politics in politics.

I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.

Our lives are politically wound.

Politics, I believe, is a full-time occupation.

I know how bad Albany is. I know it better than most. I understand why people are angry. I'm angry. The question is going to be, how do you change Albany, what is the plan for change, and then how do you actually get it done?

Young people have so much more power than they tend to think to be able to affect politics. And if people will organize and get involved and go out and knock on doors and hand out leaflets and make a change, then they can determine the future.

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 think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others.

Politics with me isn't theater. It's performance art. Sometimes, for its own sake.

I never get involved in policy. Never.