--- title: "8 Nonpolitical Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Nonpolitical quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Nonpolitical sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/colin-wilson-8331_contempt_i-was-aggressively-nonpolitical-i-believ_238598.jpg" --- > [I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-wilson/i-was-aggressively-nonpolitical-i-believed-that-people-who-make-a/) [Colin Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f66/colin-wilson-8331_contempt_i-was-aggressively-nonpolitical-i-believ_238598.jpg) > [Being president of a major public university is the most political nonpolitical office around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-gee/being-president-of-a-major-public-university-is-the-most-political/) [Gordon Gee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-gee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/671/gordon-gee-26836_office_being-president-of-a-major-public-univer_709630.png) > [I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muqtada-al-sadr/i-will-deal-with-the-politicians-in-a-political-way-and-with-the/) [Muqtada al Sadr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muqtada-al-sadr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/muqtada-al-sadr-10457_deals_i-will-deal-with-the-politicians-in-a-po_709705.jpg) > [I don't make that hard and fast distinction between political and nonpolitical writing. I write about what bothers me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-edgar-wideman/i-don-t-make-that-hard-and-fast-distinction-between-political-and/) [John Edgar Wideman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-edgar-wideman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/john-edgar-wideman-7347_between_i-don-t-make-that-hard-and-fast-distinct_1617931.jpg) > [There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-m-nixon/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-nonpolitical-speech-by-a-politician/) [Richard M. Nixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-m-nixon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/richard-m-nixon-727_communication_there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-nonpolitical_1755386.jpg) > [For much of my career I had no authentic political voice. I had been campaigning all over the country not to change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bradley/for-much-of-my-career-i-had-no-authentic-political-voice-i-had-been/) [Bill Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/bill-bradley-10244_change_for-much-of-my-career-i-had-no-authentic_1841905.png) > [To be nonpartisan doesn't mean we're nonpolitical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-claiborne/to-be-nonpartisan-doesn-t-mean-we-re-nonpolitical/) [Shane Claiborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-claiborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/022/shane-claiborne-960_mean_to-be-nonpartisan-doesn-t-mean-we-re-non_2425812.png) > [I really wanted to make a nonpolitical political film. I wanted something that folks in red states and blue states could look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-haggis/i-really-wanted-to-make-a-nonpolitical-political-film-i-wanted/) [Paul Haggis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-haggis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/paul-haggis-5313_asks_i-really-wanted-to-make-a-nonpolitical-p_2451578.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nonpolitical/#itemlist", "name": "Nonpolitical Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was aggressively nonpolitical. I believed that people who make a fuss about politics do so because their heads are too empty to think about more important things. 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