Voting Quotes

Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting.

What governs men is the fear of truth.

Voting for the right is doing nothing for it.

If the people are to be the final tribunal then they must vote for what is right rather than according to their own selfish interests, else we are treading the path of danger.

Quit voting me down before you even think about what I'm saying.

You can milk a cow the wrong way once and still be a farmer, but vote the wrong way on a water tower and you can be in trouble.

The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think.

In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.

Last month, the Iraqi people went to the polls, voting in their first free election in more than 50 years.

Where annual elections end where slavery begins.

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower. Oh yeah, well I'm so insane, I voted for Eisenhower TWICE!

The Conservative Party have got to ask themselves, 'How do we persuade people who at the moment are voting Labour and Liberal Democrat to vote Conservative

There can no longer be anyone too poor to vote.

We preach the virtues of democracy abroad. We must practice its duties here at home. Voting is the first duty of democracy.

We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in the community from which they have been displaced.

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.

Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.

It is virtually impossible for what you are voting on to remain as it is currently. There could be huge changes to the treaty and there could be huge changes to the euro zone itself.

Along with voting, jury duty, and paying taxes, goofing off is one of the central obligations of American citizenship.

Voting is like alchemy - taking an abstract value and breathing life into it.

You should vote for Neoprene Byzantine in the Hot Hundred, they're really sweet guys and that Moscow song is just wow! Hurry guys voting closes really soon mwah!

Government can do something for the people only in proportion as it can do something to the people.

The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and resting on the will of the people.

Politics is not just about voting one day every four years. Politics is the air we breathe, the food we eat, and the road we walk on.

I was cynical about Iraq. But when I saw the Iraqi people voting . . . it was the start of a new Arab world.. The Berlin Wall has fallen.

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want.

Voting against the resolution authorizing the use of military force in Iraq was one of my proudest moments as a senator. It is long past time to close this tragic chapter in American history.

I think America causes cancer, longevity is less important than fun, and young people should be discouraged from voting.

I vote Democrat because I'm not concerned about millions of babies being aborted so long as we keep all death row inmates alive and comfy.

When public access to voting is impaired or when public confidence in voting is diluted, democracy suffers and our freedom is less secure.

A lot of people voting for Pat Buchanan say they are doing so to send a message. Apparently that message is, 'Hey, look at me, I'm an idiot.'

Our youth [with their overwhelming support of Obama] are voting for a permanent tax on their life

Communism is a form of government under which every citizen at election time enjoys the privilege of voting Yes.

We need to get better at voting and be a voice for the people who do not have one.

Art is not a democracy. People don't get to vote on how it ends.

Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.

I don't feel comfortable voting for Hillary Clinton.

The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.

I'm not calling for a boycott on voting. But I think it should be very clear that just voting is not going to solve our problems.

Being adequately informed is a democratic duty, just as the vote is a democratic right. A misinformed electorate, voting without knowledge, is not a true democracy.

The idea of an election is much more interesting to me than the election itself...The act of voting is in itself the defining moment.

Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.

I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

Poor whites didn't have rights. They made all kind of restrictions on voting. So person meant relatively well - off, free white man.

Any woman who votes for no-fault divorce is like a turkey voting for Thanksgiving.

Democracy is not just voting every 5 years and watching 'Big Brother' in between and wondering why nothing happens. Democracy is what we do and say where we live and work

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.