Quotes About Participation

We're not just designed just to work all day and run a rat race. We're designed to be in community, to volunteer, to vote, to raise our kids. And I think the more inputs and investments we can give in people to do those things, the better off we are as a community.

I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.'

I'm not here to say vote for one side of the other. But I'm here to say use your voice and vote. Our ancestors, our fathers and things like that fought for this right. You should take advantage of it and get out and vote and use it.

My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.

As an American citizen, one has to vote. If we don't vote, we're not doing our part. We'll become some sort of oligarchy.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

I do vote, and naturally, I vote for so-called extremist parties, the further to the right the better, but that's where my participation in politics ends.

When too many Americans don't vote or participate, some see apathy and despair. I see disappointment and even outrage. And I believe that out of this frustration can come hope and action.

The one sure way of participating in the process of nation-building is to vote on the election day.

People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency.

Fifty percent of people won't vote, and fifty percent don't read newspapers. I hope it's the same fifty percent.

Our only hope is to control the vote.

I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

I think the words 'vote strategically' translates in the human brain to: 'Oh I can't vote for what I want.' And that's discouraging.

Millions of people in many so-called democratic countries have lost the right to vote, or never obtain it. And millions clearly feel that the political mainstream is not articulating a vocabulary or policies oriented to their needs and aspirations.

A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote.

Those who are outraged will vote.

You have to be educated to vote.

When we get a chance to take part in elections, I am ready to fight for leading positions, including in the presidential vote.

I vote and I do jury duty.

The first less is this: take it from me, every vote counts.

I am an immigrant with a Green Card and, therefore, I am not eligible to vote in a federal election.

The right to vote should be considered sacred in our democracy.