Voting Quotes

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

Denying the popular vote is un-American and anti-democratic.

History shows us that people often make mistakes, they give wrong decisions, they vote for the wrong persons! And history also shows us that in the end they pay a heavy price for it!

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

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.

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

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!

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

State first, subject second, statesman last.

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

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

Pops added, "you know, they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve.""And if you do, you never get the results you expected, " (Katherine) replied.

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 enough people understand reality, tyrants can literally be ignored out of existence. They can't ever be voted out of existence.

Free elections don't always result in fair elections.

When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.

It is the moral duty of every US voter to guarantee that Barack Hussein Obama is a one-term president.

There are two political truisms: Old people vote and Republicans eat their young.

You know your vote doesn't count, but you go through the motions, because it's been drummed into your head that you might be the one person who makes a difference.

The good thing about democracy is that every vote counts. The problem with democracy is that every vote counts.

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.

In democracy, our most important tool is to vote. But our power tool is when we have the power to influence others on who to vote for.

Silence is the most expensive to buy.

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

The electoral college is a disaster for a democracy.

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

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.

The point is you are supposed to vote for the principle of the thing, not the itsy-bitsy detail about this percent and that percent.

When the evidence for and against "democracy being the finest system of government yet invented" is weighed, George W Bush is going to tip the scales very heavily against.

Small differences in a system of great power can have enormous consequences. [Source: Al Jazeera 'Upfront' interview]

We must arise and build the nation.

A single man is minority, a leader is the majority.

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.

Every man with a vote was considered a foe to woman suffrage unless he was prepared to be actively a friend.

Whether voting Republican or Democrat, the result is the same: A corrupt corporate government.

Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution.

The period of time between eligibility to vote and the start of adulthood is a window of opportunity that the liberals are willing to exploit to their advantage.

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.

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.

We don’t vote for people because they are the exact embodiment of our values, but because they are likely to be the most responsive to them.

Being called a murderer: fine, I have no objection to that. It's a fact: I am a sinner, a fallen human. But to be called a murderer by the police!

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito", I'd tell people.

Money has replaced the vote.

The greatest threats to Democracy are comfort and apathy.

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

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

Voting for a political party with a cross stuck on it doesn't mean it reflects true Christianity (at least not how Christ intended it) nor does 'biblical governance' guarantee Christian governance.

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.

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