Citizenship Quote by Glenn Greenwald

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

— Plato

The political classes are despised when they deal in sound bites, embrace tokenistic campaigns and feather their own nests while trying to please all…

— Ann Widdecombe

Those who refuse to engage in politics will be led by their inferiors

— Plato

Nothing is more annoying in the ordinary intercourse of life than this irritable patriotism of the Americans. A foreigner will gladly agree to praise…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Standing behind” a politician just because you voted for him or her does not make you patriotic, or loyal, or even smart—what it does…

— Joseph Befumo

“Interest yourself in public affairs as a duty of citizenship, but do not surrender your faith to those who discredit and debase politics by…

— Grover Cleveland

The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness.…

— C. Wright Mills

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your…

— John Bolton

Considering mankind's indifference to freedom, their easy gullibility and their facile response to conditioning, one might very plausibly argue that collectivism is the political…

— Albert J. Nock

There's a false narrative that only the political class has the wisdom and the ability to be commander-in- chief. But if you go back…

— Benjamin Carson

Violent resistance against the power of the state is the last resort of the minority in its effort to break loose from the oppression…

— Ludwig von Mises

Politicians - power itself - are abject because they merely embody the profound contempt people have for their own lives. One should be grateful…

— Jean Baudrillard