"Just as politics cannot be separated from life,

 life cannot be separated from politics. People who consider themselves to be non-political are no different, they've already been assimilated with the current political views - they just don't feel it any more. [...] People must broaden their understanding and accept the fact that politics, not political parties, is tied in with anything and everything that is related to power. As long as man is a social animal, he will participate in political activity."

-Pramoedya Ananta Toer quoted in The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, pg. 382