Angus King Quotes

We need to remake the Democratic party. We need to remake America.

Sometime between elections we should concentrate on doing something.

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country.

I've always believed that if you support reform or you support a particular idea that you ought to fund that idea first and not the system.

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

We can’t change our government unless we change the people who run it.

They can not go from door to door and not directly contact other people's lives. Their sympathy and understanding is bringing I believe, a new note into political life and is going to have a more far-reaching effect upon the policies of governments, than any of us realize.

Americans understand that the game is rigged, and they've had enough of it. They're ready to fight back. They want a Washington that works for them, i think that people are getting more engaged, politically, and they're seeing through a lot of the rhetoric that politicians have been throwing out there for a long time. They want to see some real change, and I think that's what we need to work on.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

Of course I am political. You 'ave to be don't you? Every day it is about your future, your right to that future. 'Ow can people ignore this? We 'ave to leave a good world for our children, n'est-ce pas?

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

I have never run campaigns based on an ethnic coalition.

America needs rebooting.

I'm part of an important movement that needs to happen.

Developing compassion for Congress and politicians is a good way to begin practicing the new social activism if you want to make effective changes in the world. Perhaps the most startling new insight of all is that there is no other way to effectively change the world.

A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in Washington and that there is nothing that can be done about it. We must resist that conclusion and fight back on behalf of everyday citizens. Reform is possible, and it is imperative.

We're all living blinkered lives, and we're not seeing what's going on and looking to change it. I'm not saying that everyone has to make a political statement, but we need to be more aware of what's happening and why.

If you compromise in any kind of movement or any kind of wave of revolution, if you sort of play the game, things are gonna change far more slowly than you need them to.

As long I still have a breath left in me I will dedicate myself fully to China's reform.

I was concerned about the link between crime and politics, and I figured out the only way I could do something about it was to get into politics.

If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

If freedom's best friends cannot unify around a realistic, actionable program of fundamental change, one that attracts and persuades a broad majority of our fellow citizens, big change will not come.

Hope and optimism have defined my political career, and I continue to be hopeful and optimistic about Canada. Young people have been a great source of inspiration for me.

No fundamental social change occurs merely because government acts. It's because civil society, the conscience of a country, begins to rise up and demand - demand - demand change.

The only way to change is to vote. People are responsible.