Quotes About Citizenship

Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.

Voting is great, but it's not an accomplishment. It's a responsibility.

Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

Spaniards have always shown great maturity and great common sense when it comes to voting.

I am voting in the midterm elections because I believe that when people engage with their local government, it reminds those placed in power that they are public servants who will be held accountable for their decisions.

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.

Voting is super important, and your vote counts.

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns.

As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.

I don't think everyone should vote. If you have to be dragged into the polls, carried into the polls and smelling salts have to be used, you probably shouldn't be voting. However, we shouldn't be putting up barriers to voting that target certain groups.

I believe in the critical importance of participating in the political system - from voting to standing for election. It's both rewarding and necessary that men and women of good will and clear thinking engage in honest, open debate.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

One thing I want to do is create something called Ring Around Congress. It would be a state deal and also a national thing, where the kids, as a field trip, will go and join hands around Congress and give the politicians report cards on how they're voting on hunger issues.

Our voting records are not necessarily the same, but, you know, we're all Texans, and at the end of the day, we try to help each other out.

I believe that democracy is about values before it is about voting. These values must be nurtured within society and integrated into the electoral process itself.

Suffrage is not a right afforded to everyone. Rather, voting is a privilege in the United States - and a hard-earned privilege at that.

Voting is something that we all have a right to. It's not something that we have to do... it's absolutely an honor and a great opportunity to be heard.

We all know women should have the right to vote. There are a handful of women who actually pay tax, and we need to leave the option of voting open to them.

More dangerous than voting for change... is that people no longer vote because they have lost trust not only in governments but in democracy.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

Much as I respect Russell Brand's point of view, I'm in the opposite camp to him about voting. I think it's enormously important to engage with the electoral process.

Voting is a fundamental right in our democracy.

Don't drink before voting. You can drink as much as you can after voting.