Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
Wendell Phillips, (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator
in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in 1852, according to The Dictionary of Quotations edited by Bergen Evans
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
Pericles (495-429 BC)