Teenage Activist Gifts

'Wishes he'd never been born (again) - blames the previous pope.'

"This is the most important election of our lifetime."

"I wish he'd actually play with his toy hospital, rather than just making strike placards."

'He's at a very impressionable age.'

Welcome to your new English Class.

"What I miss during school holidays is not going out on strike every Friday."

Mentoring Unit: 'Go on! You can do it! You can be a mentor!'

'Oh,oh, Regina has her lawyer with her.'

Secretary to boss: 'You fooled some of the people all of the time, Senator, but they were all too young to vote.'

'I don't want to be a shepherd. I want to be the policeman who interrupts the play to tell all the mummys and daddys who have parked irresponsibly and dangerously outside to move their cars...'

Student: 'Is the medical marijuana thing a grass-roots movement?'

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

War on drugs... war on terror... war on lima beans.

"The good news is, the children in the district have strong writing skills. The bad news is, we have sustained a letter-writing campaign from the third grade."

"With the Suzuki method, they start them campaigning as early as three or four."

"I hope that this is just a riot of passage."

"My mom says I can start a rock band if I call it 'I Love My Mommy.' You in?"

"Nicole, Kyle, would you guys burn my yearbook?"

"Five kids have signed my petition. We'd like to have vegetarian options on the cafeteria menu. To help, I've put together a few recipes of my own."

Taking out the garbage can, cleaning up my room... Why doesn't someone start a civil war to free us kids?!

'I'm guessing it'll have to be by text.'

'I'd like to run for class president but I don't want to put my family through a background check.'

Class of 2015

'Were the lemons grown locally?'

Courting The Youth Vote

"I call to order this meeting of the 'reconquista' coalition. The first order of business is handing out U.S. flags to all members. We don't want people to think our subversive efforts to topple the American government is anti-American."

'Where's your self-hurt section?'

'It's only temporary. My student loans didn't quite carry me until social security.'

"Oh, I'm not worried about doing the job, if elected. I'm more concerned about facing the onslaught of lobbyists."