Quotes About Voting

I believe states should have the right to be the masters of their own elections.

I learned more about elections on election night 2000 than I ever did during my 16 years of schooling.

We didn't lose the Punjab State elections for any other reason but the fact that seats were wrongly allocated.

America was made for white men. Literally, at the time of the writing of the new country's Constitution, only white men could own land, and only men who owned land could vote.

A civically engaged citizenry feeds oxygen to our democracy.

Obama/Romney, Romney/Obama - the most important election of our lifetime? Fact is they're all the same - bought and paid for with the same money. Ours is a country of the SuperPAC, by the SuperPAC, and for the SuperPAC.

I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.

The democratic process is only as great as the people who participate in it.

I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.

Everybody is looking for an election where they can do something and participate.

I wanted to participate in the political responsibilities of an American citizen. I wanted to vote. I wanted to be a full member of the American community. I made America my home country. It's my identity in many ways.

Democracy is something you have to participate in.

Democracy is stronger, is better, is more robust when people participate. We should want to encourage that.

We always hear about the rights of democracy, but the major responsibility of it is participation.

Our ancestors went through so much in a fight for us to vote. So I believe that we should engage in all civic participation. It's healthy engagement.

Elections have been free and fair with full participation of the people, reinforcing that the ballot is mightier than the bullet.

If the 2016 election is any indication, every four years, millions more Americans will continue backing away from their own parties to choose a third party instead.

Si ya no dependen tantas cosas de la política, entonces es lógico esperar que se debilite no solo la voluntad de votar sino también el compromiso de los que siguen participando. Las opciones probablemente serán más volubles y más susceptibles de basarse en factores cortoplacistas. En la práctica esto también significa que los resultados electorales serán cada vez menos predecibles.

Well, who knew? When they were elected. That they were crooks, I mean." "Pretty much everyone who didn't vote for them, Friedrich. And I suspect quite a few of the stupid fools who did. Which only makes it worse.

The democratic theory is that if you accumulate enough ignorance at the polls, you produce intelligence.

I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.

If people of colour do not exercise their democratic right to vote, they will remain an invisible, voiceless, and largely ignored part of the electorate.