We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

Pericles commenting the participation of Athenian citizens in politics. Sometimes misquoted as 'Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you'

As quoted in Models of Democracy (2006) by David Held, Stanford University Press, p. 14

Pericles Quotes

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.

We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.