I’ve had a lot of people tell me they don’t care about politics. I’ve heard plenty of reasons why: my vote doesn’t matter, it’s too divisive, I don’t want to lose friends over political views, etc. But in reality, you can’t not care (and I feel so strongly about this that I even used a double negative). Every aspect of your life relates to government and politics in some way. I’ve compiled a list of quotes that are aimed at people who don’t care about government or politics, quotes which are meant to be thought-provoking and spark an interest, or at least some emotional investment, in government.
1. “Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government when it deserves it.” -Mark Twain
2. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.
3. “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” -Douglas Adams
4. “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” -Mahatma Gandhi
5. “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” -Thomas Jefferson
6. “The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.” -Ayn Rand
7. “In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard’s vote.” -David Foster Wallace
8. “The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.” -Karl Marx
9. “The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” -John F. Kennedy
10. “A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.” -Barack Obama
