Quotes About Involvement

I was raised with the blessing of being involved with peace and social justice, and the environmental movement. I have my parents to thank for that.

Who and what you affiliate your life around will likely determine who you'll become.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Propounding peace and love without practical or institutional engagement is delusion, not virtue.

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.

If you don't participate, you're just taking up oxygen. (Bunny)Life is a banquet. Approach it with hunger. (Chuck)

How much you are able to learn is determined by how much you are involved, how much you participate, and how many actions you take.

You miss all the possibilities of winning if you don't participate

Winning has a value for ego, but participation has a value for life.

Meaning can be found in action.

Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And then there are those who wonder, 'What the hell just happened?

I don't think it's right that I'm part of the problem. I can't be part of the solution if I'm part of the problem

This is the city, and I am one of the citizens/Whatever interests the rest interests me

If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.

The Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.

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.

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.

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

It's not just in politics that you can be a servant of the people, you can do it in so many other ways.

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.