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We were raised with that discussion about violence and non-violence, and we all pretty much came up on the side of non-violence. That became my foundation with politics and my livelihood.

I got into politics when I was eight years old.

I grew up in a household where we talked politics a lot and argued politics a lot.

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization.

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a little bit beyond that.

When I turned 18, was the first time that I really started concentrating on politics. And I started doing so because I realized that in order to really create and generate change, it has to come from changing laws... so I started campaigning for Norman Lear's foundation, which was Declare Yourself.

I became active in politics because I saw the possibility, if we all sat back and did nothing, of a world in which there would no longer be any stages for actors to act on.

I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in.