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  • For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

    Selected Quotations from John F. Kennedy's Book "Profiles in Courage", www.jfklibrary.org. 1957.
  • You know, I'm a comedian the same as Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. We all came up the same way. The three of us have interest in politics; I call us fundits, we're fundits! We're not pundits!

    Comedian   Three   Bills  
    "Current’s Joy Behar Wants Conservatives ‘If They Have The Balls To Come On The Show’". Interview with Tommy Christopher, www.mediaite.com. June 12, 2012.
  • I see two opposite tendencies in Turkish society: people feel demoralized, they lose the interest in politics and retreat to their private lives; or they become very angry and even more politicized, and radicalized. Both trends are troublesome.

    Opposites   Two   People  
    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • I've had an interest in politics since I was a little kid.

  • Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

    Funny   Life   Sarcastic  
  • I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

    Writing   Way   Life Is  
  • Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!

    "American Voters Suffer Learned Helplessness" by Andrea Chalupa, bigthink.com. September 7, 2012.
  • I have absolutely zero interest in politics.

  • Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

    Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.271, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

    "Flicker to Flame: Living with Purpose, Meaning, and Happiness". Book by Jeffrey Thompson Parker, October 2006.
  • I still remember vividly watching television coverage of the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1992 (when he was 17) when Bill Clinton got the nomination. That was certainly a part of my growing interest in politics.

  • Cincinnati at that time was also beginning to realize it had major cartooning talent in Jim Borgman, at the city's other paper, and I didn't benefit from the comparison.His footsteps seemed like good ones to follow, so I cultivated an interest in politics, and Borgman helped me a lot in learning how to construct an editorial cartoon. Neither of us dreamed I'd end up in the same town on the opposite paper.

  • I was a political journalist; I came to writing novels through an interest in politics and power.

  • In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

    Men   Ideas   Feelings  
    Alexandre Dumas (2013). “Delphi Works of Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)”, p.3140, Delphi Classics
  • I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

    Sunset   Done   Losing  
    Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.50, Fordham Univ Press
  • One of the chief symptoms of every revolution is the sharp and sudden increase in the number of ordinary people who take an active, independent and forceful interest in politics.

  • I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.

    Thinking   House   Greek  
    "Esquire Presents Me in My Place with Hannah Simone". www.esquire.com. April 23, 2012.
  • There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

    Eugene J. McCarthy (2004). “Parting Shots from My Brittle Bow: Reflections on American Politics and Life”, p.165, Fulcrum Publishing
  • So I took an interest in politics, but I don't know whether I enjoyed it! It was a wife's duty to be interested in whatever interested her husband, whether it was politics, books, or a particular dish for dinner.

    Husband   Book   Wife  
  • I have done political things, I couldn't care less about politics. I have zero interest in politics, really. They don't allure me. I have no interest in them, because if I could believe the law could change people's behavior then I would become a politician. But only Christ can change the heart.

    Zero   Believe   Heart  
    "Rick Warren Clarifies Doctrine, Purpose Driven Life with John Piper - TRANSCRIPT". Interview with John Piper, www.christianpost.com. May 28, 2011.
  • I got a job with a law firm in Portland after a couple of years with Senator Muskie. But by then, my interest in politics had been sparked, through meeting Senator Muskie, through seeing what he did.

    Jobs   Couple   Years  
  • Robert Kennedy was such an inspiring figure. His interest in politics seemed to come not from a desire for power, but from a need to help our society live up to its ideals.

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