Voting Quotes

Voting Quote of the day

The preacher who casts a vote for conscience' sake, runs the risk of starving.

Presidents are selected, not elected.

The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.

[T]he vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter.

To permit irresponsible authority is to sell disaster.

Democracy's fatal flaw: There are more dumb people than smart people. Welcome to the new Dark Ages!

The greatest threats to Democracy are comfort and apathy.

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you expected.

Voter: someone smart enough to choose how to be fooled.

The women of the world will dominate politics, some day, and you mustn't be too old-fashioned in your notions to join the procession of progress.

when the democrats choose not to be democratic, democracy fails to be democratic.

I am not for the left or the right, but for what is right over the wrong. I am not an elephant or a donkey, but a lion that stands only with Truth and my conscience.

The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

When you vote, you play Russian Roulette with a magazine fed pistol.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age.

Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

I voted for every woman who has to leave a baby too soon, who has to downgrade her career, or who is made to feel invisible in her role as a mother.

Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.

If Americans simply choose to vote for the person who has a D or an R by their name, we will get what we deserve, which is what we have now.

People wishes their friends to be in politics, but their sons in professions.

Politics: the art of using euphemisms, lies, emotionalism and fear-mongering to dupe average people into accepting--or even demanding--their own enslavement.

Every election is determined by the people who show up.

State first, subject second, statesman last.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

A Libertarian’s just a Democrat whose vote doesn’t count. Same thing.

The masses who complain about bad leadership must first check their unbiased choices.

I am sure that every one of my colleagues - Democrat, Republican, and Independent - agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.

Free elections don't always result in fair elections.

If I were to vote, I would intentionally vote for the goofiest candidate. It is my theory that when the people can outwit the leader, the more respected their voices will be.

Every conceivable layer of the election process is completely riddled with vulnerabilities, so yes, hacking elections is easy!

I personally believe in the power of second chances.

Voting for the Green Party is how you say 'Up Yours!' to the Republicans and Democrats.

Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.

Democracy is not just the right to vote, it is the right to live in dignity.

We must arise and build the nation.

This won't stop her from getting elected...Stupider people get elected all the time. It's America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy.

They say the crazies come out at night. I say the crazies come out during election year: Elections have the power to turn once seemingly normal people into certified loonies.

When we don’t care about what our government is doing, we are also saying to the next generation that we are not interested in the possible burdens that we are passing on to them.

The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.

Ten men shouting will control ten thousand who choose to remain silent.

If you are stupid enough not to know the difference between the devil and the angel, you quickly find the devil! This is what happens to most people in democracies just after elections!