Quotes About Impact

People are increasingly beginning to feel that democracy itself is being destroyed by this latest phase of globalization and that politics doesn't matter because it changes nothing.

Politics is theater. It doesn't matter if you win. You make a statement. You say, "I'm here, pay attention to me

You can choose not to be interested in politics, but you can't choose to be unaffected by it

History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth.

Geeks like to think that they can ignore politics, you can leave politics alone, but politics won't leave you alone.

Whoever you are, or want to be, you may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you.

Take it from me, every vote counts.

Personally, I believe there's a limitation to how much politics can change the world--but there's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world.

I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

I've come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics.

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

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and probably on national politics.

If you don't turn on to politics, politics will turn on you.

If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to bind, imprison and destroy.

I completely agree when there are actors who say, "Actors should stay out of politics. We're not politicians."

In less than a year, the Bush administration will strut out of office, leaving the country in roughly the same condition a toddler leaves a diaper.

[The Great Migration] had such an effect on almost every aspect of our lives - from the music that we listen to to the politics of our country to the ways the cities even look and feel.

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice