Quotes About Democracy

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

To make it hard, to make it difficult almost impossible for people to cast a vote is not in keeping with the democratic process.

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.

The men and women of our armed forces played an instrumental role in the election process - securing polling sites and providing security - that allowed so many Iraqis the opportunity to vote freely for the first time ever.

There's an assault on human sexuality, as Judge Scalia said, they've taken sides in the culture war and on top of that if we have a democracy, the democratic processes should be that we can elect representatives who will share our point of view and vote those things into law.

Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.

You've got to vote for someone. It's a shame, but it's got to be done.

Even if politicians spew confusing, convoluted jargon, these people are still meant to represent me, and the only way that happens is if I stay informed and vote.

You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.

We distrust the electronic vote here.

Once you don't vote your ideals... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.

The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy it affords us. In short, the right to vote underlies each of our other rights.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

I would never enter politics, but I will go out and vote.

There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election.

Whatever your political leaning, vote. This participation is vital. I feel the same way about issues like the space program, education, the military. The more the public focuses on these things, thinks and forms opinions, I think the better we are as a democracy.

A Final Say referendum on the Brexit that actually lies in front of us will give everyone a tangible and decisive vote. I and most people, Brexiteers and Remainers alike, want the same thing - the best for the UK.

What is more important? What the members of a politicised tribunal say, or what the citizens vote for? For me, it is clear.

My ideal registration system would be an opt-out one, where every single person is registered once they turn 18. In Australia, I'm told, everyone is registered to vote and you pay a fine if you don't vote.

When I say things that sound insane, like only the smartest million people should have the right to vote, well, I mean that.

If you want a referendum, vote for the others. Or, in certain cases, you can stay at home, you don't vote and you could find yourself with a referendum by default because you didn't exercise your vote.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

I would like to say to my friends in Poland: Let's make good choices, vote for democracy.