Quotes About Voting

One of the biggest reasons that people don't vote is because they don't see the point, so I can explain that the only way they can be heard is by casting a vote.

One of the most effective ways there is of getting people to vote is by simply asking them to.

People are much more likely to be interested in things they can't have, so you may be able to persuade people to vote by questioning whether that right will always exist.

Voting is a fundamental right and an important duty in our society.

The only people that should vote should be legal.

But in virtually all societies with more inclusive voting systems, single-issue anti-immigrant parties now attract a remarkably high share of the vote. Far from forcing sane debate on immigration policy by the mainstream parties, the emergence of extremists has further frightened them away from the issue. Either you regard this outcome as a shocking condemnation of ordinary people, or as a shocking condemnation of the mainstream political parties: I view it as the latter.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

The boys who write the sports stories knew what was going on and who was doing what. On October 12, 1927, they voted Lou Gehrig the most valuable player in the American League. You see, it was Lou Gehrig who forced the pitchers to pitch to Babe Ruth.

Cuban refugees to Key West found a relatively easy pathway to the ballot box via "declarant alien voting," which was passed by Florida's Reconstruction legislature in 1868 ("declarant aliens" were resident aliens who declared their intent to naturalize).62 According to Article 14 of the 1868 Florida constitution, a man who swore to defend the laws of the land and to eventually become a citizen could vote.

I wonder what would happen if there were a United Organization of Organisms (UOO, pronounced "uh-oh"), where each species gets one vote. Would we be voted off the planet? The answer is pretty clear.

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.

Republicans have succeeded with a social agenda that gets people to vote against their own interests while the Democrats are so elitist that they can't tap into the anger that's real.

Não apenas se reduziu a quantidade de países e de pessoas praticando a democracia, como ocorreram muitos casos em que, pelo próprio voto, pela própria liberdade de expressão e organização, se escolhe o cativeiro.

Before, it never really made any difference which candidate you voted for. Nothing was different afterward.