Quotes from David Hogg

When politicians say your voice does not matter because the NRA owns them, we say, 'No more.'

We have to ensure that everybody's voice is heard equally, or nobody's will be.

We can have all the walkouts we want, but if we don't walk to that ballot box and make our voices heard, these politicians aren't going to listen.

I don't think NRA members are bad people at all. I think they're responsible gun owners that want to become politically active and make their voices heard in this democracy.

Without the persistence of voters in America getting up to every election, democracy will not flourish.

In the same way we all have a right to bear arms, we all have a right to live.

Research who your politicians are, even; know what they do, know who they're supported by legislatively, and know who is supporting them financially for their campaigns. Because ever since Citizens United, we've seen a massive growth in the amount of campaign contributions and corruption in politics as a result, and that has to change.

You can't have empathy for somebody that's gone through something you haven't - because, definitionally, you can't. But you can feel for them and have sympathy for them. And that's what this country needs to practice more. It's about realizing that you do come from a different place.

I'm not a crisis actor.

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

President Trump needs to listen to the screams of the children and the screams of this nation.

We simply want gun legislation in this country that allows law-abiding citizens to still own guns or prevents people with a history of mental illness or a history of a criminal background from owning a firearm.

Many students want their privacy.

The cold grasp of corruption shackles the District of Columbia.

We need to vote people out of office that are perpetuating issues affecting young people, like gun violence.

Honestly, it's alright that people are buying more guns. I just care that they are being safe individuals.

We are for reasonable and sensible gun ownership so long as it's responsible in the way that criminals can't get it.

It's the individual effort of everybody working together towards a collective goal that causes real, effective change in America and in the world.

My school is about 25 percent black, but the way we're covered doesn't reflect that.

My father is a retired FBI agent. I have guns in my house. I'm not against the Second Amendment.

When you have all these new police officers and resource officers coming into schools, what I'm worried is going to happen is we're going to increase the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately affects students of color and lower social status.

If you look at what these politicians do when they speak, most of the time they are trying to convey a tone... if I make all these points and move my hands this way, I can get re-elected. When in reality, they aren't saying anything.

We don't want to repeal the Second Amendment.

Congress needs to get over their political bias with each other and work toward saving children's lives.