Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

~ Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton Activism Apathy Apolitical Determinism Historical Determinism History Marxism Politics

I'm as apolitical as possible. I don't hang out with too many people. I'm a loner. For the most part, when I show up, I read a book or work on my computer, and stay out of everybody else's way.

~ Eric Bischoff

Eric Bischoff Apolitical Loner Personality

I have always preferred the contemplative to the active life. I prefer the freedom to see matters from several viewpoints, to appreciate ironies, and indeed to change my opinion as I learn something new. To be politically active means to surrender this freedom. I say nothing against activism for others. It is only through the committed that necessary changes come. But each to his own path. [A Cautious Case for Socialism, Dissent Magazine, 1978]

~ Kenneth J Arrow

Kenneth J Arrow Activism Apolitical Intellectual Socialism

All these faces look happy enough, say Shug. Big and beefy. Eyes clear and innocent, like they don't know them other crooks on the front page. But they the same folks, she say.

~ Alice Walker

Alice Walker Apolitical Class Hypocrisy Privilege White People