“Young people today seem to be coming around to the idea it really doesn’t matter which politician or political party you vote for; and they’re catching on that it doesn’t even matter if you don’t vote because they have realized modern elections are just a way for the 1% to appease the 99% – a way to keep the masses in line by making them believe they’ve had their say, thereby perpetuating the lie that democracy continues.” PeopleIfsWayBelieveIdeasMatterSeemsTodayYoungPoliticalLyingLinesPartyDemocracyModernPoliticianMassVoteElectionPolitical PartiesCatchingAppeasePerpetuatingCatching On Author:James Morcan
“What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician - the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency in the United States. No one knew who he was, he came out of nowhere, he had this incredible persona that floated him above the fray, destroyed Hillary, took over the Democratic Party and became president. This is truly unprecedented: A young unknown with no history, no paper trail, no well-known associates, self-created.” WellsMadeSelfStatesYoungPresidentUnitedPartyKnownUnited StatesAchievePoliticianPaperUniqueUltimateDemocraticIncrediblesStrangerDestroyedAssociatesPresidencyWell KnownTrailsDemocratic PartyPersonaUnprecedentedCharismaticFray Author:Charles Krauthammer
“Our accent will be upon youth: we need new ideas, new methods, new approaches. We will call upon young students of political science throughout the nation to help us. We will encourage these young students to launch their own independent study, and then give us their analysis and their suggestions. We are completely disenchanted with the old, adult, established politicians. We want to see some new faces -- more militant faces.” WantNeedsGivingIdeasHelpingFacesYoungPoliticalNationsStudyYouthStudentsPoliticianApproachAdultsIndependentMethodAnalysisNew IdeasAccentsSuggestionsPolitical ScienceMilitantNew ApproachNew FacesDisenchantedYoung Students Author:Malcolm X
“This was Barrington Erle, a politician of long standing, who was still looked upon by many as a young man, because he had always been known as a young man, and because he had never done anything to compromise his position in that respect. He had not married, or settled himself down in a house of his own, or become subject to the gout, or given up being careful about the fitting of his clothes.” MenLongStillsDoneYoungHouseGivenKnownSubjectsPositionPoliticianMarriedClothesStandingCarefulCompromiseYoung ManGiven UpFittingGout Book:The Prime Minister: Trollope's Works Source: The Prime Minister: Trollope's Works
“I think that marijuana should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when they were young men or young women just don't have the courage when they become politicians to legalize it.” ThinkingMenShouldReasonYoungPoliticianYoung ManMarijuanaYoung Women Author:Richard Branson
“There's nothing noble or selfless about politicians and there never has been. Putting it charitably, Profiles in Courage is a compendium of Democratic mythology, ghostwritten for an ambitious young Massachusetts Senator who never did a thing for himself if he could pay to have it done by others.” IfsHas BeensDoneYoungPayPoliticianDemocraticNobleMythologyAmbitiousSelflessSenatorsProfileMassachusettsProfiles In Courage Author:L. Neil Smith
“There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young women who are interested in running for office, you just have to decide you're going to follow Eleanor Roosevelt's maxim about growing skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, and you have to be incredibly well-prepared - better prepared [than a man], actually - and you have to figure out how you're going to present yourself, and you have to have a support group around you, because it can be really a brutal experience.” MenWayWellsGovernmentRunningYoungDifferencesSupportGrowingGroupsFiguresPoliticianOfficeSkinsPreparedMaking A DifferenceThickBrutalYoung WomenMaximsInfluentialEleanorRunning For OfficeRhinocerosSupport Groups Author:Hillary Clinton
“Parents, preachers, and politicians think rock music is the source of young people's despair. They don't understand it's just a reflection. They also forget that music can be a source of hope, a reason to live.” PeopleThinkingReasonYoungParentForgetRocksSourcePoliticianDespairMusic IsReflectionPreacherRock MusicReason To Live Book:Wicked Game Source: Wicked Game
“Every politician just has to remember how he got his position in the first place. A young candidate running for Congress or any outsider interested in public office could only achieve his goals by relying on soft power. They could not force anyone to vote for them. They needed to convince their potential voters, they needed to do fundraising, they needed to be attractive candidates.” FirstsRunningRememberYoungForceGoalAchievePositionNeededPoliticianOfficeVoteCongressAttractiveCandidatesConvinceVotersOutsidersFundraisingPublic Office Author:Joseph Nye
“We need more leaders among our gente - more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting into "war" and "death" and put it into life and true justice.” PeopleNeedsWarYoungTurnsEnergyJusticeLeaderTeacherPoliticianOrganizerTrue JusticeWar And Death Author:Luis J. Rodriguez
“The cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom; to rig its elections, bribe its politicians, appoint its tyrants and, by every sophisticated means of persuasion and interference, stunt the emergence of young democracies in the name of democracy.” WorldMeanWarGovernmentYoungNamesPerfectDemocracyColdPoliticianThirdsElectionWesternExcuseTyrantsSophisticatedCold WarPersuasionExploitsInterferenceThird WorldEmergenceBribePlunderRigs Author:John le Carre
“The money we spend on education should follow the choice of the parents, not the choice of educrats, bureaucrats, politicians, who, unfortunately, have been manipulating this process in their own career interests, not in the interests of our young people.” PeopleShouldHas BeensYoungChoicesProcessParentInterestCareersPoliticianBureaucrats Author:Alan Keyes
“When I was young, all the politicians looked like ancient Latin teachers or greengrocers. They were mumbly, stumbly men with their hair blowing in their eyes, walking into trees, opening the wrong door. They had no idea how to present themselves.” MenIdeasEyeYoungTeacherDoorsTreeHairPoliticianWalkingAncientOpeningNo IdeaLatinHair Blowing Author:Dylan Moran
“Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.” PeopleNeedsYoungEasyPoliticianMeetingsGuilty Author:Ama Ata Aidoo
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“I think people are more in contact now with the consequences of war than they've been for a very long time. And that's what amazes me when sometimes politicians seem to forget their history. They don't look and re-learn about what has happened before. Maybe they haven't got the memory, maybe they're already too young, but you can see how we become puffed up, and how we as a nation rise so quickly if we're not careful.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLongWarSometimesSeemsYoungNationsMemoriesForgetHappenedHavensPoliticianLong TimeConsequenceCarefulContact Author:Michael Morpurgo
“Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.” PeopleGivingYoungPoliticianAspectRootsVisibleAnchors Author:Elie Wiesel
“The Democrats have got to open the door to young people. Welcome them in and understand that it will be messy, that many young people are not professional politicians. The Democratic Party is going to have to adjust itself to their reality, rather than force young people to be adjusted to the Democratic leadership's reality.” PeopleRealityYoungForcePartyDoorsPoliticianDemocraticDemocratWelcomeDemocratic PartyMessyDemocratic Leadership Author:Bernie Sanders
“Globalization has genuinely drained power away from national politicians and people feel it. People in our fast digital age are also frustrated with the comparably slow democratic processes. Many young people - and some old people - want to know, Why does everything take so long? Why can't someone just decide and then move forward?” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsLongDoeAgeMovingYoungProcessPoliticianDemocraticMoving ForwardDigitalFrustratedOld PeopleGlobalizationDigital AgeDrainedDemocratic Process Author:Anne Applebaum
“I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't mean any harm to people of color - this idea that we're beyond all that (so it must be something else) makes it difficult for young people as well as the grown-ups to be able to see clearly and honestly the truth of what's going on. It makes it difficult to see that the backlash against the Civil Rights Movement manifested itself in the form of mass incarceration, in the form of defunding and devaluing schools serving kids of color and all the rest.” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanIdeasKidsAbleSchoolFormYoungCoursesDifficultRaceRightsMovementColorPoliticianMassPoliceHarmHonestlyMythologyCivil RightsRacistServingOfficersCivil Rights MovementPolice OfficerIncarcerationBacklashMass Incarceration Author:Michelle Alexander
“November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.” PeopleWorldGivingDoneTogetherYoungPoliticalPlanetsMonthsPoliticianHip HopHipsHopsCelebrationNationalityNovemberPolitical Systems Author:Afrika Bambaataa