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Why should I be active in the political process?
12 reasons, just to mention a few.........
1. [On the New Mexico victory by psychologists] To me, the bottom line is we
developed relationships with legislators. We educated them about psychology and
we made friends with them in some cases. - Mario Marquez, PhD, New Mexico
Psychological Association
2. Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics
won’t take an interest in you. – Pericles
3. One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end
up being governed by your inferiors. – Plato
4. Those who do not do politics will be done in by politics. – French Proverb
5. All politics are based on the indifference of the majority. – James Reston
6. I believe there’s something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it’s
the government. – Woody Allen
7. If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us
today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much
one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake. – Mahatma Gandhi
8. In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. - Napoleon
9. No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in
session. - Judge Gideon J. Tucker
10. In politics, familiarity doesn’t breed contempt. It breeds votes. – Paul
Lazarsfeld
11. In politics, an organized minority is a political majority. – Jesse Jackson
12. All politics is local. – Tip O’Neill
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